-# install Lustre Git commit hooks by default - LU-2083
-for HOOK in commit-msg prepare-commit-msg; do
- [ -e .git/hooks/$HOOK ] || ln -sf ../../build/$HOOK .git/hooks/
-done
+# die a horrible death. All output goes to stderr.
+#
+die()
+{
+ echo "bootstrap failure: $*"
+ echo Aborting
+ exit 1
+} 1>&2
+
+run_cmd()
+{
+ echo -n "Running $*"
+ eval "$@" || die "command exited with code $?"
+ echo
+}