port doesn't exit with proper return value

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 16, 2008, at 7:46 AM, Joshua Root wrote:

> Port's normal mode of operation is to run as many of the requested
> commands as possible and not exit when a command fails. It does  
> this by
> suppressing the error status from the commands. This is certainly
> incorrect when there's only one command run and it fails, but it's  
> less
> clear what should happen when some of the requested commands succeed.
>
> You can make the first failed command cause port to exit, with the
> appropriate return code, by using the -x option on the command line.
>
> Related tickets:
>
> http://trac.macports.org/ticket/13918
> http://trac.macports.org/ticket/14928

Seems like -x should be the default, or rather, that the -x option  
should be removed, and port should always issue an error message and  
stop with a nonzero exit status the moment something goes wrong. Why  
would one not want that?