tech-pkg: fail is empty even when failed in mk/bsd.pkg.patch.mk

Subject: fail is empty even when failed in mk/bsd.pkg.patch.mk
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/22/2005 10:29:15

I am on DraginFly and fail is empty even when patch failed.

I don't see problem. It doesn't open any subshell and just uses { }.

For example, I added debugging to output current value of fail.

===> Applying pkgsrc patches for apache-1.3.33nb7
**************************************
Patch file /home/pkgsrc/www/apache/patches/patch-aa has been modified
**************************************
fail is /home/pkgsrc/www/apache/patches/patch-aa
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
fail is
===> Overriding tools for apache-1.3.33nb7



  Jeremy C. Reed

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