Re: PROBLEM: Errors in instmods_1 are ignored

[Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

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On 05/09/2013 01:18 PM, Dennis Schridde wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I found a problem with add_drivers / module installation.
> 
> Current behaviour: When instmods_1 cannot find a module (for example), it
> returns an error (1). It's caller, instmods, aborts the installation of any
> further modules and also returns an error (1). dracut then ignores that
> error and does not even output a warning.
> 
> Expected behaviour: Variant 1: instmods outputs a warning when instmods_1
> returns an error, but continues to install the other modules. Variant 2:
> dracut outputs an error message, including the module that failed, and
> aborts the whole operation.
> 
> See also: https://github.com/haraldh/dracut/issues/8
> 
> Best regards, Dennis
> 

instmods can take two options:

- -c : abort on error
- -s : silently abort on error


instmods -c a b c || exit 1

will give you:

F: Failed to install a

and dracut will exit.


instmods ignores the errors.
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