Re: FYI: Silent make check -C examples

[Paul Eggert]

Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:

>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
>
>  > Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
>  >> -set +e
>  >> +test -z "$VERBOSE" && {
>  >> +   exec > /dev/null 2>&1
>  >> +}
>
>  > Don't you need to keep the "set +e"?  As I recall, some shells send
>  > diagnostics to the original stderr, even if you've redirected it with
>  > 'exec' in the mean time.
>
> I don't see the connection.  Aren't you confused with set +x?

Yes I was, sorry.

I was confused because the ChangeLog entry talks only about being
quiet, and yet the patch removed the "set +e".  Shouldn't the removal
of "set +e" have been logged as well?

Or perhaps the "set +e" should have been kept?  Presumably it was
there for a reason.  E.g.:

set +e
case $VERBOSE in
'') exec > /dev/null 2>&1 ;;
esac