Re: master 83a6224: make-dist: check exit statuses more carefully

[Robert Pluim]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

> On 04/10/2018 02:04 AM, Robert Pluim wrote:
>> Would 'set -e' not be easier?
>
> I've never trusted 'set -e' for anything other than simpleminded
> debugging, because set -e is a global setting (so it's inflexible) and
> it doesn't always work (so it's unreliable). For an example of the
> latter:
>
> set -e; { false; true; } && echo x
>
> This succeeds and outputs "x" even though the "false" command
> failed. (POSIX requires this and it's longstanding behavior.)

Youʼre right. POSIX isnʼt even ambiguous about it.

Robert