On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:28:56PM -0600, Jason Pepas wrote: > > You know that without knowing anything about your cdrecord > > (pts/8)jason@marsala:~$ dpkg -l | grep cdrecord > ii cdrecord 1.10+11a34-1 A command line CD/DVD writing tool > > > or Debian version > > (pts/8)jason@marsala:~$ cat /etc/debian_version > testing/unstable > > > without knowing what you are trying to do > > as mentioned previously, I am trying to use cdrecord from a makefile. > > > and what cdrecord actually does > > as mentioned previously, it burns cd's correctly, but exits with status 254, > causing make to beleive it failed when it acutally didn't. > > In this case I did not give a bunch of specifics, because I beleive everything > is working correctly. That is, my question is a general one, not a question > regarding my specific install. That question is, why would cdrecord exit 254 > when it exits successfully? Since the cd's are fine, I assume cdrecord is > working correctly, but has an odd policy of exit status?
UTSL. It looks to me like cdrecord exits with -2 (which is 254 as an unsigned char IIRC) when there are non-fatal errors. make will not throw a fit over non-zero exit status if you prefix the command with a '-'; thus "-rm -f *~ *.o" will work even if no files existed to be deleted. 'info make' for all the details. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that can do binary arithmetic and those that can't. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
