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| package_error() | |
| { | |
| local _message=$1 | |
| if [[ -z "${_message}" ]] | |
| then | |
| fail "Cannot print a package error as no message was provided." | |
| fi | |
| local _log=$2 | |
| if [[ -n ${_log} ]] && file_exists ${_log} | |
| then # Append tail of error log to the error message. | |
| local _num_lines=${3:-25} # Default the number of lines to 25 | |
| _message="${message}\n\n\tTail of %s\n\n" "${_log}:\n$(tail -n ${_num_lines} ${_log} )" | |
| fi | |
| error ${_message} | |
| } |
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When $(tail) is assigned to a variable, the new lines seem to be lost.