Re: bug #23953 ae: postinst does not check for errors
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On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 07:54:26PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
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> The function of these scripts is to conditionally install ae as "EDITOR"
> using alternatives. If this fails the rest of the ae install is not
> effected, and ae will be fully functional.
Sure, so there is no problem setting -e then.
> As ae may be the only editor available at the moment, it would be
> undesirable for the install/upgrade to fail because the
> update_alternatives calls failed, leaving the machine without an editor
How so? The only difference would be that now dpkg knows about it. If
update-alternatives is going to fail, it will fail whether or not you set -e.
> I am closing this bug, but I think policy should reflect the reason set -e
> is used, and when it is counter productive, its use should not be
> required.
I disagree. You haven't given a good enough reason for it to not have -e.
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