bug#19614: Split packaging invocation to catch errors

2023-07-18 Thread Karl Berry
tmpname=`mktemp $(distdir)/dist.XX` I don't think we can safely assume mktemp in automake rules. tardir=$(distdir) && $(am__tar) > $(distdir)-$RANDOM.tar 2>$(distdir).err That was my idea ($$ instead of $RANDOM). Certainly simple, but I agree Nick's idea is cleaner: > straightfo

bug#19614: Split packaging invocation to catch errors

2023-07-18 Thread Bogdan
Nick Bowler , Tue Jul 18 2023 08:55:53 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time) On 2023-07-17, Karl Berry wrote: Hi Dimitrios, Bogdan - back on this bug from 2015 (sorry): https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19614 Bogdan sent a patch that splits the tar and compress into separate