Great. Have you tested whether the -e flag gets propagated inside the
functions?
Yes, I have now:
$ /bin/sh -e ; echo finished /bin/sh -e, status=$?
$ echo $-
eims
$ # the -e flag propagates into subshells:
$ tst1() { echo $- ; }
$ tst1
eims
$ # false result inside a function
Sorry, the above is wrong:
Sorry again, but please disregard my previous message. I was confused
because I was testing some features of /bin/sh -e on Debian. On Debian
/bin/sh invokes bash, while on Cygwin it runs ash. It turns out that these
two handle subshells with -e differently:
Here is my second attempt at a gbs cleanup patch:
2004-10-29 Andrew E. Schulman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* generic-build-script: cleanups.
- Remove superfluous ;'s and line-ending \'s
- Invoke /bin/sh with -e
- Remove 's joining commands; obviated by -e
- Remove STATUS checks at end; obviated
