From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] ar exit code? From: C H Forsyth In-Reply-To: <05b901c405d2$88b4ae30$67844051@SOMA> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-ackdhtjvxhpfbtkeqmqdtikcjh" Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:43:06 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2567988c-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-ackdhtjvxhpfbtkeqmqdtikcjh Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit no, ar itself doesn't exit with error status if dupfound stops it from updating the archive. easy to fix, and it seems the right thing to me to change it. --upas-ackdhtjvxhpfbtkeqmqdtikcjh Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by doppio; Tue Mar 9 12:41:24 GMT 2004 Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 3982519D46; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:36:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.4.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id BC4B919C01; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:36:15 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 5308519BBF; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:35:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from ams002.ftl.affinity.com (lvs00-fl-n02.valueweb.net [216.219.253.98]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 1604A19B79 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:35:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from SOMA ([81.64.132.103]) by ams.ftl.affinity.com with SMTP id <313317-8485>; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:34:09 -0500 Message-ID: <05b901c405d2$88b4ae30$67844051@SOMA> From: "boyd, rounin" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> References: <200403091012.i29ACatC091430@adat.davidashen.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] ar exit code? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="KOI8-R" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:32:04 +0100 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on psuvax1.cse.psu.edu X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Level: > If ar is to create a new archive, but failed because of duplicate symbols, > it exists with success; mk continues and it is hard to notice untill too > late. > > Is it as it was intended? mk differs from make in that the whole block of commands is sent to rc, rather than forking a shell for each command. that might be the problem. --upas-ackdhtjvxhpfbtkeqmqdtikcjh--