Re: make check-exec-image failure

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

Hi Bruno,

> * Ken Brown <xoebja@pbearyy.rqh> [2017-03-22 07:25:55 -0400]:
>
> On 3/22/2017 2:31 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
>> Please add this test to the "make check-exec-image" target. I'll try it
>> on various platforms then.
>
> I don't have write access to the hg repository, so I think someone
> else will have to do that.

I will, no worries.

I have a question for Bruno or anyone whose brain is more alive than
mine ATM.

Why does makemake output lines like this:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
	test "`./foo b | tr -d '\r'`" = '("b")' || exit 1
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

It seems to me that the `|| exit 1` part is completely unnecessary in a
Makefile.
I understand that `exit 1` is necessary in places like `(RMRF full; exit
1)` &c, but this trailer on the stand-alone line seems superfluous.

What am I missing?

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