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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/nix-build.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/nix-build.in | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/nix-build.in b/scripts/nix-build.in index 1357b7a1297d..2bea463d3ee5 100644 --- a/scripts/nix-build.in +++ b/scripts/nix-build.in @@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ foreach my $expr (@exprs) { # Instantiate. my @drvPaths; - my $pid = open DRVPATHS, "-|", "@bindir@/nix-instantiate", "--add-root", $drvLink, "--indirect", @instArgs, $expr; + # !!! would prefer the perl 5.8.0 pipe open feature here. + my $pid = open(DRVPATHS, "-|") || exec "@bindir@/nix-instantiate", "--add-root", $drvLink, "--indirect", @instArgs, $expr; while (<DRVPATHS>) {chomp; push @drvPaths, $_;} - close DRVPATHS or die; + close DRVPATHS or exit 1; foreach my $drvPath (@drvPaths) { my $target = readlink $drvPath; |