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Re: Install failures are ignored

>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g@lrde.epita.fr> writes:

[...]

 adl> What about adding something like the following on top of each
 adl> "for/do/done" rule?

 adl> set fnord $$MAKEFLAGS; amf=$$2; \
 adl> case "$$amf" in *=*) set -e ;; *k*) ;; *) set -e ;; esac; \

 adl> The idea is to force `set -e' unless `make -k' is used.
 adl> This would free us from all these `|| exit 1'.

Maybe nicer:

am__FOR = set fnord $$MAKEFLAGS && amf=$$2 && \
          case "$$amf" in *=*) set -e ;; *k*) ;; *) set -e ;; esac && for

and use `$(am__FOR)' instead of `for' in the Makefiles.
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz
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