On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 6:00 PM, Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> wrote:
> Source: xscreensaver
> Version: 5.36-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: policy 4.6
> User: helm...@debian.org
> Usertags: rebootstrap
>
> The debian policy section 4.6 requires that when build commands fail,
> the build should abort. In case xscreensaver's intltool-update aborts,
> the error is ignored and the build attempts to continue potentially
> resulting in a broken package. Adding "set -e; " (as suggested by the
> policy) or chaining the commands with "&&" fixes this issue.

Hi Helmut,
In which cases can the inttool-update fail on Debian? In any case, I
have nothing against adding set -e if that can help.

Regards,
Tormod

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