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Re: How to stop make when an error occurs in a for loop?
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Paul Smith |
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Re: How to stop make when an error occurs in a for loop? |
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Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:52:48 -0400 |
On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 15:23 +0200, Warlich, Christof wrote:
> all:
> @for i in false true; do\
> if ! eval $$i; then\
> echo We leave the loop when $$i is called, but ...;\
> false;\
> break;\
> fi;\
> done;
> @echo ... the exit status is always $$?. So how can I cause make\
> to stop when a failure occurs inside a for loop?;
> $ make
> We leave the loop when false is called, but ...
> ... the exit status is always 0.
The exit status is the exit code of the final program, unless you exit
early. The exit code of "break" is not an error.
> So how can I cause make to stop when a failure occurs inside a for
> loop?
Use "exit 1" instead of "false; break;"
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