Bug#586549: mktexlsr does not fail on intermittent errors
Hi Karl,
On So, 11 Jul 2010, Karl Berry wrote:
> Well, I definitely do not want to add set -e to our fundamental scripts
> a week before our final release.
Sorry if I was unclear, I didn't suggest to do it in TL now, only your
general comment or whether there are some background infos I don't know.
> But if you want to add it for Debian,
> I don't know of any specific reason not to. You can experience the
> pain, or lack thereof.
We will do that and see how it works out. After some testing here
and hopefully not too many bug reporits, and after release of TL 2010,
we can do the same for upstream TL, too.
> - I am not a fan of set -e in general, because
> I've seen too much otherwise-unnecessary code added to placate it, and
> confusing silent aborts result.
As tested by the OP, *no* changes were necessary for fmtutil ... that
is a good sign.
Best wishes
Norbert
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