Re: [jamboost] jam exits with EXITOK even if build fails

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-19 20:31:06

Zak Kipling <zak.kipling_at_[hidden]> writes:

> If you execute jam with no explicit target specified, it exits with
> "EXITOK" regardless of whether the build actually succeeds... the bug
> appears to be due to a missing check on the return value of make() and
> is fixed by the following patch against boost 1.29.0 (still applicable
> to HEAD).
>
> Zak.

Zak,

Thanks very much for the patch; I've applied it to CVS.

-Dave

> ----- Patch follows -----
>
> diff -Nru boost_1_29_0-orig/tools/build/jam_src/jam.c boost_1_29_0/tools/build/jam_src/jam.c
> --- boost_1_29_0-orig/tools/build/jam_src/jam.c 2002-11-19 4:50:32.000000000 +0000
> +++ boost_1_29_0/tools/build/jam_src/jam.c 2002-11-19 14:56:26.000000000 +0000
> @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
> {
> LIST* targets = targets_to_update();
> if ( !targets )
> - make( 1, &all, anyhow );
> + status |= make( 1, &all, anyhow );
> else
> {
> int targets_count = list_length(targets);
>
>
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