From 8f94973cd899f43cc1f7ee09c29229a712cd2377 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: flightlessmango <flightlessmangoyt@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 00:45:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] exec: use prev ret if bad system call

---
 src/hud_elements.cpp | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hud_elements.cpp b/src/hud_elements.cpp
index 7e68c50..41e3f4e 100644
--- a/src/hud_elements.cpp
+++ b/src/hud_elements.cpp
@@ -1657,8 +1657,12 @@ void HudElements::update_exec(){
     if (!HUDElements.shell)
         HUDElements.shell = std::make_unique<Shell>();
 
-    for(auto& item : exec_list)
-        item.ret = HUDElements.shell->exec(item.value + "\n");
+    for(auto& item : exec_list){
+        std::string ret = HUDElements.shell->exec(item.value + "\n");
+        // use the previous ret if we get bad system call
+        if (ret.find("Bad system call") == std::string::npos)
+            item.ret = ret;
+    }
 #endif
 }