On 07/02/2013 09:55 PM, Dave Reisner wrote:
On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 09:40:13PM +0200, Alain Kalker wrote:
For debugging PKGBUILDs, and for reporting build failures upstream,
it is very important to know the exact commands that are executed
leading up to a problem.
By using `set -x` and an appropriate value for PS4, commands are
logged before they are executed.
If you want to report build failures upstream, then building via makepkg
is already wrong.
Not if:
- the build failure is caused by an Autoconf bug (see FS#35983 -
[libxcb] Build failure: .../install-sh: No such file or directory)
- the package is built as vanilla, as possible, as is supposedly the
Arch Way.
- the logged commands fully reflect the build process, i.e. no
interference from outside environment variables, etc.
-1 on this.
Please don't NAK just because you disagree on one possible use of this
feature!
As I've stated clearly, the patch has other obvious benefits: debugging
PKGBUILDs.
Thank you.
