Simon Geard wrote these words on 08/03/07 04:32 CST: > If the instructions aren't part of a script, what exactly does the "bash > -e" step contribute? Start a new shell for running commands in, which > should exit any time one of them fails? The -e might be useful in an > shell script (i.e the #!/bin/bash case), but what's the point for an > interactive shell?
Wouldn't it be so that if one of the 10 zillion packages that are slated to be installed fails, that the procedure halts at that point so the remaining packages are not attempted to be installed? -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.26] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 04:58:01 up 1 day, 4:49, 1 user, load average: 0.11, 0.03, 0.01 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
