Fix error handling when failing to install a deb package (#11846) #15087
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Why I did it
Fix endless build log issue.
Cherry pick PR#11846
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How I did it
The current error handling code for when a deb package fails to be installed currently has a chain of commands linked together by && and ends with
exit 1
. The assumption is that the commands would succeed, and the lastexit 1
would end it with a non-zero return code, thus fully failing the target and causing the build to stop because of bash's -e flag.However, if one of the commands prior to
exit 1
returns a non-zero return code, then bash won't actually treat it as a terminating error. From bash's man page:The part
part of any command executed in a && or || list except the command following the final && or ||
says that if the failing command is not theexit 1
that we have at the end, then bash doesn't treat it as an error and exit immediately. Additionally, since this is a compound command, but isn't in a subshell (subshell are marked by(
and)
, whereas{
and}
just tells bash to run the commands in the current environment), bash doesn't exist. The result of this is that in the deb-install target, if a package installation fails, it may be infinitely stuck in that while-loop.There are two fixes for this: change to using a subshell, or use
;
instead of&&
. Using a subshell would, I think, require exporting any shell variables used in the subshell, so I chose to change the&&
to;
. In addition, at the start of the subshell,set +e
is added in, which removes the exit-on-error handling of bash. This makes sure that all commands are run (the output of which may help for debugging) and that it still exits with 1, which will then fully fail the target.How to verify it
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