On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 12:04:15PM -0800, Mad Hatter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The toplevel Makefile in 2.5.54 has near line 313:
>
> ----------------------------
> # set -e makes the rule exit immediately on error
> #...
> attribute if uninitialized.
>
> define rule_vmlinux__
> set -e
> ...
> endef
> -------------------------
>
> However, the "set -e" does nothing since each line is
> processed by a different shell according to the make
> manual.
The "set -e" seems superflous in this context.
set -e is IIRC only relevant when commands are chined like:
set -e; \
cd $(srctree); \
mkdir somedir; \
do somthing;
Kai?
Sam
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