From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED95113835B for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:48:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 99C31E08C3; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:48:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58707E08C3 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:48:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2AF0133BF36 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:48:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7683156F for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:48:11 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ulrich Müller" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Ulrich Müller" Message-ID: <1616305661.2fa7e69aa732f1053f6429d3a1fa4789a12b0c8b.ulm@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: ebuild-writing/error-handling/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/devmanual X-VCS-Files: ebuild-writing/error-handling/text.xml X-VCS-Directories: ebuild-writing/error-handling/ X-VCS-Committer: ulm X-VCS-Committer-Name: Ulrich Müller X-VCS-Revision: 2fa7e69aa732f1053f6429d3a1fa4789a12b0c8b X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:48:11 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: 3a87d0e9-3769-476c-ae12-e29e09539fea X-Archives-Hash: 7ecef65bf3f9ddac982b02847144f0e3 commit: 2fa7e69aa732f1053f6429d3a1fa4789a12b0c8b Author: Sam James gentoo org> AuthorDate: Fri Mar 12 21:17:18 2021 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> CommitDate: Sun Mar 21 05:47:41 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=2fa7e69a ebuild-writing/error-handling: add note for external commands and die Signed-off-by: Sam James gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller gentoo.org> ebuild-writing/error-handling/text.xml | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/error-handling/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/error-handling/text.xml index f74f6d8..3c5289c 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/error-handling/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/error-handling/text.xml @@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ Sometimes displaying additional error information beforehand can be useful. Use eerror to do this. See .

-

-It's best to use || die too often than too little. -

+ +You should use die on almost all external commands in ebuilds. + +