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Re: FYI: Silent make check -C examples
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: FYI: Silent make check -C examples |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:48:11 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
> >> -set +e
> >> +test -z "$VERBOSE" && {
> >> + exec > /dev/null 2>&1
> >> +}
>
> > Don't you need to keep the "set +e"? As I recall, some shells send
> > diagnostics to the original stderr, even if you've redirected it with
> > 'exec' in the mean time.
>
> I don't see the connection. Aren't you confused with set +x?
Yes I was, sorry.
I was confused because the ChangeLog entry talks only about being
quiet, and yet the patch removed the "set +e". Shouldn't the removal
of "set +e" have been logged as well?
Or perhaps the "set +e" should have been kept? Presumably it was
there for a reason. E.g.:
set +e
case $VERBOSE in
'') exec > /dev/null 2>&1 ;;
esac