From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com>,
Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>,
Jiang Xin <zhiyou.jx@alibaba-inc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] ci: show error message of "p4 -V"
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 13:48:55 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq8rjzhc5k.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 221124.86wn7knx1x.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>> if type p4d >/dev/null 2>&1 && type p4 >/dev/null 2>&1
>> then
>> echo "$(tput setaf 6)Perforce Server Version$(tput sgr0)"
>> - p4d -V | grep Rev.
>> + p4d -V | grep Rev. || { echo >&2 "p4d: bad version"; p4d -V; exit 1; }
>> echo "$(tput setaf 6)Perforce Client Version$(tput sgr0)"
>> - p4 -V | grep Rev.
>> + p4 -V | grep Rev. || { echo >&2 "p4: bad version"; p4 -V; exit 1; }
>> else
>> echo >&2 "WARNING: perforce wasn't installed, see above for clues why"
>> fi
>
> I think it makes sense to detect this, but the specific remedy makes no
> sense to me.
> ...
> So we want to show that it segfaults, but how it is useful once that
> command fails to pretend that it's a "bad version?" The issue is that
> the command can't show the version at all.
>
> $ { echo >&2 "p4d: bad version"; ./p4d -V; exit 1; }
> p4d: bad version
> Segmentation fault
> exit
> ...
> But I don't see the point of that effort, we won't look at these trace
> logs unless something fails, so just including the raw output seems most
> sensible.
Yup, makes sense.
Thanks, both, for working on this topic.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-25 4:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-23 15:02 [PATCH 0/2] Use fixed github-actions runner image Jiang Xin
2022-11-23 15:02 ` [PATCH 1/2] github-actions: run gcc-8 on ubuntu-20.04 image Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 8:11 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-23 15:02 ` [PATCH 2/2] ci: upgrade version of p4 Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 8:16 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-24 8:41 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-24 8:54 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-24 9:17 ` Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 9:41 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-24 9:15 ` Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 8:18 ` [PATCH 0/2] Use fixed github-actions runner image Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-24 9:05 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix broken CI on newer " Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 9:44 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-24 10:48 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-24 11:23 ` Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 12:28 ` python 2 EOL (was: [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix broken CI on newer github-actions runner image) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-25 7:11 ` python 2 EOL Junio C Hamano
2022-11-24 15:39 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Fix broken CI on newer github-actions runner image Jiang Xin
2022-11-25 9:59 ` [PATCH v4 " Jiang Xin
2022-11-25 9:59 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] github-actions: run gcc-8 on ubuntu-20.04 image Jiang Xin
2022-11-27 0:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-11-25 9:59 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] ci: remove the pipe after "p4 -V" to cache errors Jiang Xin
2022-11-27 0:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-11-27 9:14 ` Jiang Xin
2022-11-25 9:59 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] ci: p4 on Linux has the same version as on macOS Jiang Xin
2022-11-27 0:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-11-25 9:59 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] ci: install python on ubuntu Jiang Xin
2022-11-27 0:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-11-27 9:01 ` Jiang Xin
2022-11-27 23:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-11-24 15:39 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] github-actions: run gcc-8 on ubuntu-20.04 image Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 16:29 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-24 15:39 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] ci: show error message of "p4 -V" Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 16:10 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-25 4:48 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-11-24 15:39 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] ci: p4 on Linux has the same version as on macOS Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 15:39 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] ci: install python on ubuntu Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 9:05 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] github-actions: run gcc-8 on ubuntu-20.04 image Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 10:46 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-25 7:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-11-24 9:05 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ci: upgrade version of p4 to 21.2 Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 10:55 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-24 12:56 ` Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 9:05 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] ci: install python on ubuntu Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 11:02 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-24 11:37 ` Jiang Xin
2022-11-24 12:23 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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