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Re: "cd dir && $(MAKE)", not "cd dir; $(MAKE)"

From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>
To: Doug Evans <dje at sebabeach dot org>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:00:52 +0000
Subject: Re: "cd dir && $(MAKE)", not "cd dir; $(MAKE)"
References: <20021219021245.D92CFB539@seba.sebabeach.org>

	  (cd etc; $(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) check)

Just FYI,

If there is no etc/, the above should barf. This is because MAKE runs /bin/sh -e and the unchecked `cd''s error status should cause an abort.

enjoy,
Andrew

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