On Sunday, July 03, 2011 18:49:52 Paul Arthur wrote:
> On 2011-07-03, Jonathan Callen <a...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Peter Volkov wrote:
> >>> rm -rf "${D}/usr/share/doc/aria2"
> >>>
> >> || die
> >
> > `rm -f` never fails -- if the target does not exist, then rm simply
> > returns true. (The only reason it would fail that I can think of is
> > /bin/rm not existing, in which case you have a bigger problem.)
> >
> > To test, try `rm -f /nonexistant/file; echo $?`
>
> jill-zeke /var/tmp $ rm -f testfile
> rm: cannot remove `testfile': Operation not permitted
> jill-zeke /var/tmp $ echo $?
> 1
> jill-zeke /var/tmp $ rm -rf testdir
> rm: cannot remove `testdir/test': Permission denied
> jill-zeke /var/tmp $ echo $?
> 1
if this occurs *inside the ebuild env*, then most likely something else is
screwed up and will be caught anyways
personally, i generally like to use:
rm -r "${D}"/usr/share/doc/aria2 || die
that way when the package stops installing aria2, i notice and can remove the
call to `rm` altogether ...
-mike
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