Introduce a function for better tracing of system() calls While debugging a recent issue I wanted more complete information about the sequencence of events in a series of system("foo") or die("BAR") calls. Adding this helper did that and cleaned things up a little. Signed-off-by: Vincent McIntyre <vincent.mcintyre@xxxxxxxxx> --- build | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/build b/build index 4457a73..38ffd4f 100755 --- a/build +++ b/build @@ -342,6 +342,19 @@ sub which($) return undef; } +sub run($$) +{ + my $cmd = shift; + my $err = shift; + $err = '' unless defined($err); + + my ($pkg,$filename,$line) = caller; + + print "\$ $cmd\n" if ($level); + system ($cmd) == 0 + or die($err . " at $filename line $line\n"); +} + ###### # Main ###### @@ -406,11 +419,11 @@ if (@git == 2) { if (!$local) { print "Getting the latest Kernel tree. This will take some time\n"; if ($depth) { - system("git clone --origin '$rname/$git[1]' git://linuxtv.org/media_tree.git media $depth") == 0 - or die "Can't clone from the upstream tree"; + run("git clone --origin '$rname/$git[1]' git://linuxtv.org/media_tree.git media $depth", + "Can't clone from the upstream tree"); } else { - system("git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git media $depth") == 0 - or die "Can't clone from the upstream tree"; + run("git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git media $depth", + "Can't clone from the upstream tree"); } system('git --git-dir media/.git config format.cc "Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"'); system('git --git-dir media/.git config format.signoff true'); @@ -419,56 +432,54 @@ if (@git == 2) { } else { if ($workdir ne "") { print "Creating a new workdir from $git[0] at media\n"; - system("git new-workdir $git[0] media") == 0 - or die "Can't create a new workdir"; + run("git new-workdir $git[0] media", + "Can't create a new workdir"); } else { print "Creating a new clone\n"; - system("git clone -l $git[0] media $depth") == 0 - or die "Can't create a new clone"; + run("git clone -l $git[0] media $depth", + "Can't create a new clone"); } } } elsif ($workdir eq "") { if (check_git("remote", "$rname/$git[1]")) { - system("git --git-dir media/.git remote update '$rname/$git[1]'") == 0 - or die "Can't update from the upstream tree"; + run("git --git-dir media/.git remote update '$rname/$git[1]'", + "Can't update from the upstream tree"); } else { - system("git --git-dir media/.git remote update origin") == 0 - or die "Can't update from the upstream tree"; + run("git --git-dir media/.git remote update origin", + "Can't update from the upstream tree"); } } if ($workdir eq "") { if (!check_git("remote", "$name")) { print "adding remote $name to track $git[0]\n"; - printf "\$ git --git-dir media/.git remote add $name $git[0]\n" if ($level); - system ("git --git-dir media/.git remote add $name $git[0]") == 0 - or die "Can't create remote $name"; + run("git --git-dir media/.git remote add $name $git[0]", + "Can't create remote $name"); } if (!$depth) { print "updating remote $rname\n"; - system ("git --git-dir media/.git remote update $name") == 0 - or die "Can't update remote $name"; + run("git --git-dir media/.git remote update $name", + "Can't update remote $name"); print "creating a local branch $rname\n"; if (!check_git("branch", "$rname/$git[1]")) { - print "\$ (cd media; git checkout -b $rname/$git[1] remotes/$name/$git[1])\n" if ($level); - system ("(cd media; git checkout -b $rname/$git[1] remotes/$name/$git[1])") == 0 - or die "Can't create local branch $rname"; + run("(cd media; git checkout -b $rname/$git[1] remotes/$name/$git[1])", + "Can't create local branch $rname"); } else { - system ("(cd media; git checkout $rname/$git[1])") == 0 - or die "Can't checkout to branch $rname"; - system ("(cd media; git pull . remotes/$name/$git[1])") == 0 - or die "Can't update local branch $name"; + run("(cd media; git checkout $rname/$git[1])", + "Can't checkout to branch $rname"); + run("(cd media; git pull . remotes/$name/$git[1])", + "Can't update local branch $name"); } } } else { print "git checkout $git[1]\n"; - system ("(cd media; git checkout $git[1])") == 0 - or die "Can't checkout $git[1]"; + run("(cd media; git checkout $git[1])", + "Can't checkout $git[1]"); } - system ("make -C linux dir DIR=../media/") == 0 - or die "Can't link the building system to the media directory."; + run("make -C linux dir DIR=../media/", + "Can't link the building system to the media directory."); } else { print "\n"; print "************************************************************\n"; @@ -486,8 +497,8 @@ if (@git == 2) { print "****************************\n"; system("git pull git://linuxtv.org/media_build.git master"); - system ("make -C linux/ download") == 0 or die "Download failed"; - system ("make -C linux/ untar") == 0 or die "Untar failed"; + run("make -C linux/ download", "Download failed"); + run("make -C linux/ untar", "Untar failed"); } print "**********************************************************\n"; @@ -495,17 +506,19 @@ print "* Downloading firmwares from linuxtv.org. *\n"; print "**********************************************************\n"; if (!stat $firmware_tarball) { - system ("wget $firmware_url/$firmware_tarball -O $firmware_tarball") == 0 or die "Can't download $firmware_tarball"; + run("wget $firmware_url/$firmware_tarball -O $firmware_tarball", + "Can't download $firmware_tarball"); } -system ("(cd v4l/firmware/; tar xvfj ../../$firmware_tarball)") == 0 or die "Can't extract $firmware_tarball"; +run("(cd v4l/firmware/; tar xvfj ../../$firmware_tarball)", + "Can't extract $firmware_tarball"); print "******************\n"; print "* Start building *\n"; print "******************\n"; -system ("make allyesconfig") == 0 or die "can't select all drivers"; -system ("make") == 0 or die "build failed"; +run("make allyesconfig", "can't select all drivers"); +run("make", "build failed"); print "**********************************************************\n"; print "* Compilation finished. Use 'make install' to install them\n"; -- 2.7.4