Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/mk/wrapper
To: None <pkgsrc-changes@NetBSD.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: pkgsrc-changes
Date: 12/17/2006 18:53:30
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 12:11:28PM +0000, Roland Illig wrote:
> 
> Module Name:	pkgsrc
> Committed By:	rillig
> Date:		Sat Dec  9 12:11:28 UTC 2006
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	pkgsrc/mk/wrapper: wrapper.sh
> 
> Log Message:
> Since the wrapper transformations are usually quite hard to follow and
> may lead to failure for some packages, a note to the user is printed
> when a wrapped command fails, including the "real" command line of the
> wrapped command.
> 
> This change arose from the implicit addition of the -std=c99, -std=gnu99
> or -c99 options, which made some packages fail with obscure error
> messages. This change helps users get to the real cause more quickly.

Are you sure that this is not breaking scripts which parse the output of
e.g. cc? I also don't like the way this pollutes e.g. the already
obscure output of configure. Can we direct this to a file please?

Joerg