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Bug 314393

Summary:	xdc.tools.product.plugingen does not properly handle errors
Product:	[Technology] RTSC	Reporter:	Dave Russo <d-russo>
Component:	Tools	Assignee:	David Friedland <dfriedland>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3	CC:	dfriedland
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Dave Russo

2010-05-26 01:01:04 EDT

If plugingen fails, the exit status of xs is zero (rather than non-zero).  As a result, errors are not easily detectable in makefiles where this command is almost always used.

Like _all_ other ICmd commands, plugingen should use cmdr.error() to flag errors.

Comment 1 Dave Russo

2010-05-26 01:04:44 EDT

see also:
    295746  need test for proper exit status for all command line tools
    289229  When xs xdc.tools.repoman fails it should exit with non-zero exit
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