begin quote On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:23:10 -0500 Aron Griffis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Spider wrote: [Wed Nov 19 2003, 11:48:20AM EST] > > Don't emake and econf both fail if they fail, making || die "" > > unnecessary and even impossible? > > It's really poor practice to depend on this. I argued against this > change and was ignored. Here are some reasons: > > - Calling die from econf/emake defeats the function and line > number reporting that are part of die. > > - Developers have to keep track of which ebuild.sh functions call > die and which ones don't. It's really better to leave the error > handling in the ebuild in all cases so that the practice is > simply to call die in all situations where it is appropriate. <AOL /> it only invites confusion. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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