GNU bug report logs - #54593
Do not create output file on error

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Package: skribilo;

Reported by: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>

Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 08:52:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
Cc: 54593 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54593: Do not create output file on error
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 22:01:02 +0200

Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net> skribis:

> Among other things, this upsets the use of skribilo in Makefiles. When a
> skribilo invocation in a Makefile recipe fails, an output file is still
> created, and when make is run again, the skribilo invocation is not
> re-run.

Indeed.  Furthermore, I think the output file should be created
atomically, with something like Guix’s ‘with-atomic-file-output’.

Ludo’.
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