Bug#865671: scotch hides build failures

[Drew Parsons]

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On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 18:07:46 +0200 Helmut Grohne <helmut at subdivi.de>
wrote:
> Source: scotch
> Version: 5.1.12b.dfsg-2
> 
> When some part of scotch's build fails (e.g. mpicc), the build
continues
> and may produce a broken package. This violates Debian Policy section
> 4.6. The cause is the use of an embedded makefile script without the
> recommended "set -e".
> 

This bug report is unconstructive.

Which makefile?

Which build failure?