[avrdude-dev] [bug #38023] avrdude doesn't return an error code when attempting to upload an invalid Intel HEX file

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                 Summary: avrdude doesn't return an error code when attempting
to upload an invalid Intel HEX file
                 Project: AVR Downloader/UploaDEr
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 04 Jan 2013 06:42:42 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Mark Greenwood
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

If, by mistake, you try and upload a none Intel Hex file with a command such
as

/usr/bin/avrdude  -DV -p atmega328p -P /dev/ttyACM0 -c stk500v1 -b 9600 -U
flash:w:Blink.ino:i

(i.e. trying to upload a source file instead of the compiled HEX file) avrdude
reports a warning rather than an error

WARNING: no end of file record found for Intel Hex file "Blink.ino"

and doesn't upload any bytes. The process, however, exits with a 0 return
value, i.e. success. Given that the command hasn't done anything, and
certainly hasn't done what you asked it to I think avrdude should exit with an
error code (probaly 1 the same as if the file is missing). This would make it
easier to respond to errors when using avrdude from within a script or
Makefile.




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