#9811: sage exits with 0, even if it is unable to install a package.
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Reporter: drkirkby | Owner: GeorgSWeber
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.6
Component: build | Keywords:
Author: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Merged:
Work_issues: |
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Old description:
> I wanted to do some testing of Sage in a loop and would check the return
> code to see if what I used worked or not. But this is impossible, as Sage
> appears to exit with 0, even if it should not have. In the example below,
> I try to install a non-existent package using Sage. The return code in a
> case like this should be non-zero, but it is not.
>
> {{{
> drkir...@hawk:~/sage-4.5.2$ ./sage -f some-non-existant-package
> Force installing some-non-existant-package
> Calling sage-spkg on some-non-existant-package
> Warning: Attempted to overwrite SAGE_ROOT environment variable
> Building Sage on Solaris in 64-bit mode
> Creating SAGE_LOCAL/lib/sage-64.txt since it does not exist
> Detected SAGE64 flag
> Building Sage on Solaris in 64-bit mode
> some-non-existant-package
> Machine:
> SunOS hawk 5.11 snv_134 i86pc i386 i86pc
> Deleting directories from past builds of previous/current versions of
> some-non-existant-package
> /export/home/drkirkby/sage-4.5.2/local/bin/sage-spkg: file some-non-
> existant-package does not exist
> Attempting to download it.
> http://www.sagemath.org//packages/optional/some-non-existant-package.spkg
> --> some-non-existant-package.spkg
> [ ]
> http://www.sagemath.org//packages/standard/some-non-existant-package.spkg
> --> some-non-existant-package.spkg
> [ ]
> http://www.sagemath.org//packages/experimental/some-non-existant-
> package.spkg --> some-non-existant-package.spkg
> [ ]
> http://www.sagemath.org//packages/archive/some-non-existant-package.spkg
> --> some-non-existant-package.spkg
> [ ]
> **********************************************************************
> * Unable to download some-non-existant-package
> * Please see http://www.sagemath.org//packages for a list of valid
> * packages or check the package name.
> **********************************************************************
> sage: Failed to download package some-non-existant-package from
> http://www.sagemath.org/
> drkir...@hawk:~/sage-4.5.2$ $?
> bash: 0: command not found
> drkir...@hawk:~/sage-4.5.2$
> }}}
>
> The same happens if one uses {{{sage -i}}} to install a package. If it
> fails, the exit code is still 0.
>
> In contrast, if I try this with a well written command like {{{ls}}}
>
> {{{
> drkir...@hawk:~/sage-4.5.2$ ls some-non-existant-package
> some-non-existant-package: No such file or directory
> drkir...@hawk:~/sage-4.5.2$ $?
> bash: 2: command not found
> }}}
>
> the exit code is non-zero - in this case 2.
>
> Also on a similar theme is #9799, showing that {{{make}}} can exit with
> the wrong code too.
New description:
I wanted to do some testing of Sage in a loop and would check the return
code to see if what I used worked or not. But this is impossible, as Sage
appears to exit with 0, even if it should not have. In the example below,
I try to install a non-existent package using Sage. The return code in a
case like this should be non-zero, but it is not.
{{{
drkir...@hawk:~/sage-4.5.2$ ./sage -f some-non-existant-package
Force installing some-non-existant-package
Calling sage-spkg on some-non-existant-package
Warning: Attempted to overwrite SAGE_ROOT environment variable
Building Sage on Solaris in 64-bit mode
Creating SAGE_LOCAL/lib/sage-64.txt since it does not exist
Detected SAGE64 flag
Building Sage on Solaris in 64-bit mode
some-non-existant-package
Machine:
SunOS hawk 5.11 snv_134 i86pc i386 i86pc
Deleting directories from past builds of previous/current versions of
some-non-existant-package
/export/home/drkirkby/sage-4.5.2/local/bin/sage-spkg: file some-non-
existant-package does not exist
Attempting to download it.
http://www.sagemath.org//packages/optional/some-non-existant-package.spkg
--> some-non-existant-package.spkg
[ ]
http://www.sagemath.org//packages/standard/some-non-existant-package.spkg
--> some-non-existant-package.spkg
[ ]
http://www.sagemath.org//packages/experimental/some-non-existant-
package.spkg --> some-non-existant-package.spkg
[ ]
http://www.sagemath.org//packages/archive/some-non-existant-package.spkg
--> some-non-existant-package.spkg
[ ]
**********************************************************************
* Unable to download some-non-existant-package
* Please see http://www.sagemath.org//packages for a list of valid
* packages or check the package name.
**********************************************************************
sage: Failed to download package some-non-existant-package from
http://www.sagemath.org/
drkir...@hawk:~/sage-4.5.2$ $?
bash: 0: command not found
drkir...@hawk:~/sage-4.5.2$
}}}
The same happens if one uses {{{sage -i}}} to install a package. If it
fails, the exit code is still 0.
In contrast, if I try this with a well written command like {{{ls}}}
{{{
drkir...@hawk:~/sage-4.5.2$ ls some-non-existant-package
some-non-existant-package: No such file or directory
drkir...@hawk:~/sage-4.5.2$ $?
bash: 2: command not found
}}}
the exit code is non-zero - in this case 2.
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Also on a similar theme is #9799, showing that {{{make}}} can exit with
the wrong code too.
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Dependency: #10157
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Comment(by leif):
Using {{{pipestatus}}} there, too (i.e. in {{{sage-sage}}}) most probably
requires #10157.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/9811#comment:4>
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