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Re: Postinstall script errors
Am 12.08.2010 16:40, schrieb Corinna Vinschen:
> On Aug 12 16:10, Matthias Andree wrote:
>> Am 12.08.2010 15:37, schrieb Jeremy Ramer:
>> > I verified that $created_passwd and $created_group were both no so
>> > both conditionals will fail. But because the last conditional is the
>> > last thing run, the script returns 1. Adding an exit 0 to the script
>> > fixes it, but I'm not sure if that accomplishes what you want from the
>> > script.
>>
>> PLEASE DON'T.
>>
>> Adding an "exit 0" will mask the error and just reinstate the former state of
>> silently failing postinstall scripts more rigidly. This is not desirable. The
>> proper way to fix this is:
>>
>> set -e # this is providing that the whole script is written properly.
>> # it causes immediate exit after one command (outside if, and
>> # outside || or && lists) fails - usually desirable, but takes more
>> # work because you can't write the scripts as sloppily as the
>> # snippet you've just shown from passwd-grp.sh.
>> #
>> # ...other work...
>> #
>> if [ "$created_passwd" = "yes" ] ; then
>> /bin/chgrp --silent root /etc/passwd
>> fi
>>
>> if [ "$created_group" = "yes" ] ; then
>> /bin/chgrp --silent root /etc/group
>> fi
>
> I misinterpreted the `chgrp --silent'. I thought it would result
> in an exit code of 0 from chgrp, but it just suppresses the error
> messages. Sorry about that.
And you're missing the other point that I've just explained on cygwin-apps@, see
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2010-08/msg00116.html
"[ $blah = foo ] && ..." is usually suspicious and often triggers bogus
failures or premature exit, depends on if running under set +e (default) or set
-e (advised).
--
Matthias Andree
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