On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 at 00:21, Thomas Stewart <tho...@stewarts.org.uk> wrote:
> I think all functions that are > sourced should be audited to handle "set -e" and all initramfs-tools > eventually modified to use "set -e". Dear Maintainer, There is a view among shell-script experts that adding "set -e" anywhere is to be discouraged [1][2][3]. So I suggest that in any situation where remediation is required, "set -e" should be removed, not added. "set -e" is a fantasy to have "automatic" error handling in shell scripts, but it breaks in all kinds of non-naive situations. The best practice for shell scripts is to actually handle errors where they occur: command || exit 1 This is not difficult, if that behaviour is desired. It would be better if Debian policy was modified to be clearer about this. Kind regards David [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-bash/2017-05/msg00020.html [2] http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105 [3] https://fvue.nl/wiki/Bash:_Error_handling