My test program 
if( @ARGV ){
    $SIG{INT} = \&exit_gracefully;
    for(1..10){
        warn "called sleeping $_";
        select undef, undef, undef, 0.5;
    }
    exit 1;
} else {
    warn "calling system\n";
    system ( $^X, __FILE__ , 'called');

    $exit_val = $? >> 8;

    warn "\n exit_val $exit_val";
}

sub exit_gracefully
{
    $SIG{INT} = \&exit_gracefully;
    print "@ARGV Program interrupted .. \n";
    exit (2);
}
__END__

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On perl v5.8.4 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread under cmd.exe (Windows XP SP1a), it looks as though calling.pl gets interrupted and then delivers a SIGINT to called.pl. 
C:\>perl \dev\loose\perlfunc.exit.pl
calling system
called sleeping 1 at \dev\loose\perlfunc.exit.pl line 4.
called sleeping 2 at \dev\loose\perlfunc.exit.pl line 4.
called sleeping 3 at \dev\loose\perlfunc.exit.pl line 4.
called sleeping 4 at \dev\loose\perlfunc.exit.pl line 4.
called sleeping 5 at \dev\loose\perlfunc.exit.pl line 4.
Terminating on signal SIGINT(2)

C:\>called Program interrupted ..

C:\>

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On perl v5.8.4 built for i386-linux-thread-multi under bash, I get results as expected 
user@host:~$ perl perlfunc.exit.pl
calling system
called sleeping 1 at perlfunc.exit.pl line 4.
called sleeping 2 at perlfunc.exit.pl line 4.
called sleeping 3 at perlfunc.exit.pl line 4.
called sleeping 4 at perlfunc.exit.pl line 4.
called Program interrupted ..

 exit_val 2 at perlfunc.exit.pl line 14.
user@host:~$
user@host:~$

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MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
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In reply to Re: exit value not passed back by PodMaster
in thread exit value not passed back by mags

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