use new differentiated dmake return value to decide if regenerate dependencies

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/solenv/bin/build.pl b/solenv/bin/build.pl
index 5e424dfd6252..5865dda2d0dd 100755
--- a/solenv/bin/build.pl
+++ b/solenv/bin/build.pl
@@ -785,8 +785,9 @@ sub dmake_dir {
         $error_code = run_job($dmake, $job_name);
 
         #if dmake fails, have a go at regenerating the dependencies
-        #and try again
-        if ($error_code && ($ENV{nodep} eq '') && ($ENV{depend} eq '')) {
+        #and try again. dmakes normal failure is 255, while death on signal is 254
+        my $real_exit_code = $error_code >> 8;
+        if (($real_exit_code == 255) && ($ENV{nodep} eq '') && ($ENV{depend} eq '')) {
             print "Forcing regeneration of dependency info\n";
             $ENV{depend} = 't';
             run_job($dmake, $job_name);