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Explore Stack InternalIf you're using bash, you can also set the pipefail option globally. I have this once at the start of my makefiles and it catches errors even in the middle of a pipe:
# Make sure any errors in the middle of a pipe cause the build to fail SHELL=/bin/shbash -e -o pipefail (Changed from /bin/sh to /bin/bash based on MadScientist's comment)
If you're using bash, you can also set the pipefail option globally. I have this once at the start of my makefiles and it catches errors even in the middle of a pipe:
# Make sure any errors in the middle of a pipe cause the build to fail SHELL=/bin/sh -e -o pipefail If you're using bash, you can also set the pipefail option globally. I have this once at the start of my makefiles and it catches errors even in the middle of a pipe:
# Make sure any errors in the middle of a pipe cause the build to fail SHELL=/bin/bash -e -o pipefail (Changed from /bin/sh to /bin/bash based on MadScientist's comment)
If you're using bash, you can also set the pipefail option globally. I have this once at the start of my makefiles and it catches errors even in the middle of a pipe:
# Make sure any errors in the middle of a pipe cause the build to fail SHELL=/bin/sh -e -o pipefail