| Message ID | 20211118120514.277328-2-n.schier@avm.de (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | mbox: Exit with error code if no messages were found | expand |
diff --git a/b4/mbox.py b/b4/mbox.py index 05d46b5..d67e456 100644 --- a/b4/mbox.py +++ b/b4/mbox.py @@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ def main(cmdargs): msgid, msgs = get_msgs(cmdargs) if not msgs: - return + sys.exit(1) if len(msgs) and cmdargs.checknewer: msgs = get_extra_series(msgs, direction=1, useproject=cmdargs.useproject)
When mbox.main() is unable to retrieve any messages, there happened some kind of error (e.g. msgid has not been found). Forward error state to the parent process by exiting with an error code, to allows proper handling, e.g. in shell command concatenations. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@avm.de> --- b4/mbox.py | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)