[Nix-dev] Re: eval $buildPhase and exit code in case of syntax error

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl>
writes:

> BTW, this isn't the only place where bash silently ignores errors (even with
> "-e" active).  For instance, errors from subshells (e.g. "(cd /foo)") are ignored.

Really?

  $ ( cd /foo ) ; echo $?
  bash: cd: /foo: No such file or directory
  1

but...

  $ ( cd /foo ; true ) ; echo $?
  bash: cd: /foo: No such file or directory
  0

Thanks,
Ludo'.