Yes, I was using the $? return code. Your suggestion works perfectly. Thanks. :) On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote: > Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:28:56 +0000 > From: Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha <strange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: RPM Package Manager <rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: grep in spec file causes rpmbuild to abort with bad exit > status > > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:14:23PM -0800, marks wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm using grep in the install section of my spec file to determine > > if another file does or does not contain a piece of information. > > rpmbuild is aborting with a "bad exit status" message when grep > > does not find the item of interest. > > How are you doing that check? Using "$?"? > > If you use it directly: > if grep -q bla file; then > .... > > rpmbuild doesn't exit. > > If you want to ignore the exit code of a command, then add ||: (ie. or true). > Note that will change $? to true. > > > Is there a way to turn off rpmbuild's abort of the entire build > > temporarily while I do the grep? > > set +e > grep > set -e > > -- Thanks, Mark Sincerbox Adax, Inc. 1-510-548-7047 x129 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
