Thus spake Simon J. Gerraty ("SJG> ") sometime Today...

SJG> >nbmake could always add "|| exit $?" to every command it passes to the
SJG> >shell, hence avoiding the need to trust "sh -e" at all.
SJG>
SJG> No, let's not.  I did something like that for automagically adding
SJG> chdir ${.CURDIR} && to the start of commands under certain circumstances
SJG> so the makefiles would work untouched with $MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
SJG> Mainly so I could avoid the pain/arguments re all the Makefiles that would
SJG> need fixing otherwise.  That was wrong, and adding || exit $? blindly
SJG> would probably be wrong too.

Something just dawned on me, here:

If

	"(false && echo bad) || echo ok"

doesn't work as expected, then adding "|| exit $?" to the end of it
isn't going to make a difference.

SJG> Thanks
SJG> --sjg


				--*greywolf;
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    What happens when spirituality is lost in the mire of the material.

Organized Religion (OR g@ nizd  re LIJ @n) n.
    1. What happens when religion finds money and unhappiness.
    2. Spirituality with mob/herd mentality and military funding.