Re: Interesting problem in timezoneconf package

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

> > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> > my $temp="set -e\nset -- @ARGV\n" . << 'EOF';
> > if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
> >     [ -x /usr/sbin/update-configlets ] && /usr/sbin/update-configlets
> > fi
> > 
> > EOF
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > 
> > If /usr/sbin/update-configlets doesn't exist, the return code is then
> > 1, thus explaining failure.
> 
> I always put 'exit 0' after #DEBHELPER# to prevent this problem.

I've had an impression that shell scripts won't go that far 
if "set -e " was enabled. Thus, I've always thought " [ ] && xx" kind of 
notation is mostly unusable, unless postfixed with a "|| true"

Or did I miss a some major point?


regards,
	junichi