Re: [Axiom-developer] wrong exit status in build-improvements

[Waldek Hebisch]

> Waldek Hebisch <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> | Current "Standard boilerplate dependencies" give spurious failure. 
> | This is caused by the last test commad in $(RECURSIVE_TARGETS).
> | The following fixed problem for me:
> | 
> | 
> | --- config/setup-dep.mk     (wersja 182)
> | +++ config/setup-dep.mk     (kopia robocza)
> | @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
> |     done; \
> |     if test "$$dot_seen" = "no"; then \
> |        $(ENV) $(MAKE) "$$target-ax" || exit 1; \
> | -   fi; test -z "$$failcmd"
> | +   fi
> 
> Why do you think that is bogus?
> (That is what Automake generates for me.)
> 
> -- Gaby
> 

man test:
....

       -z STRING
              the length of STRING is zero
.....

At the beginning we have:

        failcmd='exit 1'; 

On normal path (without -k option) there is no assignment to failcmd,
so the test fails and gives exit status 1. 

-- 
                              Waldek Hebisch
address@hidden