[pacman-dev] [PATCH] makepkg: Log commands to logfile

[Alain Kalker]

On 07/02/2013 09:55 PM, Dave Reisner wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 09:40:13PM +0200, Alain Kalker wrote:
>> For debugging PKGBUILDs, and for reporting build failures upstream,
>> it is very important to know the exact commands that are executed
>> leading up to a problem.
>> By using `set -x` and an appropriate value for PS4, commands are
>> logged before they are executed.
> If you want to report build failures upstream, then building via makepkg
> is already wrong.
Not if:
- the build failure is caused by an Autoconf bug (see FS#35983 - 
[libxcb] Build failure: .../install-sh: No such file or directory)
- the package is built as vanilla, as possible, as is supposedly the 
Arch Way.
- the logged commands fully reflect the build process, i.e. no 
interference from outside environment variables, etc.
>
> -1 on this.
Please don't NAK just because you disagree on one possible use of this 
feature!
As I've stated clearly, the patch has other obvious benefits: debugging 
PKGBUILDs.
Thank you.