Re: Freeze exception request for mythtv-status

[Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>]

* Julien Cristau [Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:20:23 +0100]:

> >       [ -f /var/run/motd ] || touch /var/run/motd
> >       [ -f /var/run/motd.orig ] || cp /var/run/motd /var/run/motd.orig

> FWIW, set -e won't abort the script with the above code (well, unless
> touch or cp fail).  From dash(1):

>      -e errexit       If not interactive, exit immediately if any
>                       untested command fails.  The exit status of a com‐
>                       mand is considered to be explicitly tested if the
>                       command is used to control an if, elif, while, or
>                       until; or if the command is the left hand operand
>                       of an “&&” or “||” operator.

Ooh. Thank you, Julien. Seems I inherited this belief from make
behavior.

Cheers,

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