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Date:      Thu, 30 Dec 1999 05:10:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>
To:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/15734: make -i ignores fetch failure, results in "infinite" cd/fork that eventually errors
Message-ID:  <199912301310.FAA63397@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR ports/15734; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>
To: jay.krell@cornell.edu
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/15734: make -i ignores fetch failure, results in "infinite"
 cd/fork that eventually errors
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:00:23 -0500 (EST)

 On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 jay.krell@cornell.edu wrote:
 
 What would be the correct behavior for 'make -i'.  According to the man
 page:
 
 -i      Ignore non-zero exit of shell commands in the makefile.  Equiva-
         lent to specifying `-' before each command line in the makefile.
 
 It sounds as though make(1) is working correctly.  make(1) is ignoring the
 exit code of the commands in the Makefile's, causing it to continue trying
 to build the port, and stumbling because previous dependencies are not
 being met (i.e. retrieving the DISTFILE) but not stopping due to the -i
 option.
 
 Wouldn't the proper way to rectify this situation be to not try and
 override make(1)'s basic sanity checks but to either manually fetch the
 DISTFILE and/or fix the port to find a resonable MASTER_SITE?
 
 
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