On Monday 06 September 2010, Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi Stefano, > > > ... since the failing `test' is in a > > `||' compound command. Fix this problem by explicitly calling > > `Exit 1' where needed. > > Yes, please apply. I did not know until today that && and || > commands behave specially under 'set -e'. Well, they don't, at least not as I thought the did. As Ralf pointed out in a previous message: $ sh -c 'set -e; false || false; echo not-reached' does *not* (and should not) print `not-reached'.
Consequently, my patch should this dropped as useless. Sorry for the noise and the confusion, Stefano
