bin/build-packages: create and upload empty archive if "tar" fails (so the buildmaster notices the package as broken)

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bin/build-packages b/bin/build-packages
index 67bb8d6..28538c5 100755
--- a/bin/build-packages
+++ b/bin/build-packages
@@ -652,7 +652,6 @@ while [ "${count}" -ne 0 ] && \
               -name '*.pkg.tar.xz-namcap.log' \
               -execdir grep -HF '' '{}' \;
           fi
-          # TODO: if this tar fails, we should tell the buildmaster about it
           # shellcheck disable=SC2046
           tar -cf 'package.tar' -C "${tar_content_dir}" -- $(
             find "${tar_content_dir}/" -maxdepth 1 \
@@ -664,7 +663,8 @@ while [ "${count}" -ne 0 ] && \
                 -name '*.pkg.tar.xz.so.provides.gz' \
               \) \
               -printf '%f\n'
-            )
+            ) || \
+            tar -cf 'package.tar' -T /dev/null
           if ${upload_to_build_master}; then
             # shellcheck disable=SC2046
             rsync $(