Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 4 Jan 2003 22:01:35 +0100 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.54 Makefile question: set -e |
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On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 12:04:15PM -0800, Mad Hatter wrote: > Hi, > > The toplevel Makefile in 2.5.54 has near line 313: > > ---------------------------- > # set -e makes the rule exit immediately on error > #... > attribute if uninitialized. > > define rule_vmlinux__ > set -e > ... > endef > ------------------------- > > However, the "set -e" does nothing since each line is > processed by a different shell according to the make > manual.
The "set -e" seems superflous in this context. set -e is IIRC only relevant when commands are chined like:
set -e; \ cd $(srctree); \ mkdir somedir; \ do somthing;
Kai?
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