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Date:      Tue, 21 May 1996 16:05:35 -0700
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/1231: make(1) execution of ``.BEGIN'' does not halt on error
Message-ID:  <199605212305.QAA20668@bubba.whistle.com>
Resent-Message-ID: <199605212310.QAA08719@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         1231
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       make(1) execution of ``.BEGIN'' does not halt on error
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 21 16:10:05 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Archie Cobbs
>Organization:
Whistle Communications, Inc.
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386
>Environment:

	FreeBSD-2.1R, 2.2-current, ??

>Description:

	When the special ``.BEGIN'' target is used to have a list
	of commands execute at the beginning of the make, and one
	of those commands fails, make(1) does not halt execution
	as it should.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Run make on this makefile:

		.BEGIN:
			@echo aborting initialization
			/usr/bin/false

		default:
			@echo this should not get executed

>Fix:

	Apply the following patch in the main source directory:

Index: compat.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /tribe/cvs/freebsd/src/usr.bin/make/compat.c,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -c -r1.3 compat.c
*** 1.3	1995/05/30 06:31:49
--- compat.c	1996/05/18 23:39:38
***************
*** 615,620 ****
--- 615,624 ----
  	gn = Targ_FindNode(".BEGIN", TARG_NOCREATE);
  	if (gn != NILGNODE) {
  	    Lst_ForEach(gn->commands, CompatRunCommand, (ClientData)gn);
+ 	    if (gn->made == ERROR) {
+ 		printf ("\n\nStop.\n");
+ 		exit (1);
+ 	    }
  	}
      }
  
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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