-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Herbert Xu wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 07:54:26PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > > > > The function of these scripts is to conditionally install ae as "EDITOR" > > > using alternatives. If this fails the rest of the ae install is not > > > effected, and ae will be fully functional. > > > > Sure, so there is no problem setting -e then. > > If I set -e and update-alternatives fails then the script fails and the > install fails. Without set -e if update-alternatives fails, the script > does not, and the install succeeds. But the point is that we want it to fail! That's why the policy is written in the way it is written. If update-alternatives fails, the install should *not* succeed. I will quote policy: Shell scripts (sh and bash) should almost certainly start with set -e so that errors are detected. Every script must use set -e or check the exit status of every command. I think the policy is very clear here. Dale, I think you are interpreting the policy in a very liberal way in this case. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBNa+Y9SqK7IlOjMLFAQGpUwQAiLDEf0WrecDLOsBYygQ03BxGpQ1mCyWT LdBbwWRaTF5+EE8Xlwed5eGNdLgGcayi6rXaoEPWPsEVphJNij+WSmj7L/zeKz6Y skTB/V7eB+RHuKUECvqjwdltvhnpH2aVcRmdxJg73EQcN+H2t06XOqN2RFlym/WE kR7pEvWcd30= =Z2di -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
