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Bug#562506: init scripts should not use set -e



On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 03:44:53PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> That seems reasonable, although I think we should also point out the
> problems with using set -e when starting a daemon, namely that you need to
> be sure to wrap the start-stop-daemon invocation in a conditional so that
> you can properly report errors, rather than just letting the init script
> die.

set -e produces problems like this: #546743.

Bastian

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