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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Calling die in a subshell
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:06:29 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51BC9105.5070604@gentoo.org> (raw)

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The devmanual warns that calling die in a subshell does not work.

http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/error-handling/index.html

This warning has been obsolete for some time; modern versions of
Portage handle die in a subshell just fine.

In fact, at least a couple of eclasses rely on this behavior. For
example, python-r1 uses subshells created by multiprocessing.eclass to
implement parallel "sub-phase" functions, any of which may call die on
failure.

Are there any objections to removing this warning from the devmanual?

Also, I believe there may be a question or two on the recruiting
quizzes that would need to be updated.
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             reply	other threads:[~2013-06-15 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-15 16:06 Mike Gilbert [this message]
2013-06-15 16:14 ` [gentoo-dev] Calling die in a subshell Diego Elio Pettenò
2013-06-15 16:16 ` Ulrich Mueller
2013-06-15 16:19   ` hasufell
2013-06-15 16:21     ` Diego Elio Pettenò
2013-06-15 16:25     ` Ulrich Mueller
2013-06-15 17:41       ` Michał Górny
2013-06-16 13:00       ` Ulrich Mueller
2013-06-15 16:22   ` Mike Gilbert
2013-06-15 16:24   ` Tom Wijsman
2013-06-15 16:41     ` hasufell
2013-06-15 16:43       ` Ciaran McCreesh
2013-06-15 16:45         ` hasufell
2013-06-15 16:50           ` Ciaran McCreesh
2013-06-15 16:42     ` Ciaran McCreesh
2013-06-15 16:56       ` Mike Gilbert
2013-06-15 16:58         ` hasufell
2013-06-15 17:01         ` Ciaran McCreesh
2013-06-15 17:02           ` Mike Gilbert
2013-06-17 20:10             ` vivo75
2013-06-17 20:49               ` Mike Gilbert
2013-06-18  7:06                 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2013-06-19  2:01                   ` vivo75

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