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| author | Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> | 2017-06-24 13:12:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> | 2017-06-24 13:12:42 +0000 |
| commit | e8f95e5183c34809d991eacb546fff26400afb4a (patch) | |
| tree | 1f442713e5c112196eaa989391446b7e7a9bb79d /doc | |
| parent | bef90b938018538b6680d5fc11378e4bff1a109c (diff) | |
| download | debhelper-e8f95e5183c34809d991eacb546fff26400afb4a.tar.gz | |
PROGRAMMING: Document error handling in parallel runs
Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/PROGRAMMING | 4 |
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diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING index 5d1b6220..43f68c61 100644 --- a/doc/PROGRAMMING +++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING @@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ on_selected_pkgs_in_parallel($pkg_list_ref, $code) } }); + If there is an error, which should stop the build, please invoke + either "error()" or "error_exitcode". Alternatively, a trappable + error (e.g. "die($msg)") can also be used. + Keep in mind that the sub will always be run in a subprocess, so it cannot update global state. |