Initial Checking. Not part of the default build (yet).

Shell script for use with Makefiles.  Prints out failing
commands to make "make -s" more useful.

build/autoconf/print-failed-commands.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Usage from makefile:
+#   ELOG = . $(topdir)/build/autoconf/print-failed-commands.sh
+#   $(ELOG) $(CC) $CFLAGS -o $@ $<
+#
+# This shell script is used by the build system to print out commands that fail
+# to execute properly.  It is designed to make the "make -s" command more
+# useful.
+#
+# Note that in the example we are sourcing rather than execing the script.
+# Since make already started a shell for us, we might as well use it rather
+# than starting a new one.
+
+( exec "$@" ) || {
+    echo
+    echo "The following command failed to execute properly:"
+    echo "$@"
+    exit 1;
+}
+