[darcs-devel] [issue266] wrong exit code and cryptic error message if dist fails

[Tommy Pettersson]

New submission from Tommy Pettersson <ptp at lysator.liu.se>:

If the file _repo.tar.gz exists and is non-writable, "darcs dist" prints

  gzip: compressed data not written to a terminal. Use -f to force compression.
  For help, type: gzip -h
  Created dist as _repo.tar.gz

and returns with success.
But the dist tar file has *not* been created (overwritten).

Darcs should catch the error and fail.

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messages: 990
nosy: EricKow, droundy, tommy
priority: bug
status: unread
title: wrong exit code and cryptic error message if dist fails

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