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Re: [PATCH 3/6] Facilitate debugging Git executables in tests with gdb

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 30, 2015, 18:55 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Oct 2015, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Oct 2015, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>>> Does the 'exec' after the fi need this as well?  exec is supposed to
>>> itself print a message and exit when it runs into an error.
[...]
> Actually, after reading the patch again, I think it is better to be less
> intrusive and add the error message *just* for the gdb case, as it is
> right now:

Why? Unlike the C library function of the same name, the shell builtin 'exec' prints an error message and exits on error.

Sorry for the lack of clarity, Jonathan

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  2. 1/6 Only use CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS if it is actually availableJohannes Schindelin, Oct 26, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 26, 2015
  4. 2/6 remote-http(s): Support SOCKS proxiesJohannes Schindelin, Oct 26, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 26, 2015
  6. James McCoyOct 27, 2015
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  8. Johannes SchindelinOct 27, 2015
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  13. Johannes SchindelinOct 30, 2015
  14. Pat ThoytsNov 9, 2015
  15. Johannes SchindelinNov 16, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2015
  17. 3/6 Facilitate debugging Git executables in tests with gdbJohannes Schindelin, Oct 26, 2015
  18. Jonathan NiederOct 26, 2015
  19. Johannes SchindelinOct 27, 2015
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2015
  21. Jeff KingOct 27, 2015
  22. Stefan BellerOct 27, 2015
  23. Jeff KingOct 27, 2015
  24. Johannes SchindelinOct 30, 2015
  25. Jeff KingOct 30, 2015
  26. Johannes SchindelinOct 30, 2015
  27. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2015
  28. Jonathan NiederOct 30, 2015
  29. Johannes SchindelinOct 30, 2015
  30. Jeff KingOct 30, 2015
  31. Jonathan NiederOct 30, 2015
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2015
  33. Johannes SchindelinOct 30, 2015
  34. Jonathan NiederOct 30, 2015
  35. Duy NguyenOct 27, 2015
  36. Junio C HamanoOct 29, 2015
  37. Victor LeschukOct 29, 2015
  38. Johannes SchindelinOct 30, 2015
  39. Victor LeschukNov 1, 2015
  40. Johannes SchindelinNov 1, 2015
  41. 4/6 Squelch warning about an integer overflowJohannes Schindelin, Oct 26, 2015
  42. Junio C HamanoOct 26, 2015
  43. Johannes SchindelinOct 30, 2015
  44. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2015
  45. 5/6 Silence GCC's "cast of pointer to integer of a different size" warningJohannes Schindelin, Oct 26, 2015
  46. Junio C HamanoOct 26, 2015
  47. 6/6 Correct fscanf formatting string for I64u valuesJohannes Schindelin, Oct 26, 2015
  48. Junio C HamanoOct 26, 2015

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