functions: Run command and print on failure

Created a function to run a command and only print the output in case of
failure. This can greatly reduce noice from verbose scripts and commands
such as those related to autotools.

Signed-off-by: Lars Erik Wik <lars.erik.wik@northern.tech>

Author: larsewi

build-scripts/functions

@@ -596,5 +596,25 @@ rm_if_empty()
     fi
 }
 
+# Use this function on verbose commands to silence the output unless it returns
+# a non-zero exit code
+run_and_print_on_failure()
+{
+    local temp_output_file
+    temp_output_file=$(mktemp)
+    local exit_code=0
+    if "$@" > "$temp_output_file" 2>&1; then
+        : # NOOP
+    else
+        exit_code=$? # Store exit code for later
+        echo "Error: Failed to run:" "$@"
+        echo "--- Start of Output ---"
+        cat "$temp_output_file"
+        echo "--- End of Output (Error Code: $exit_code) ---"
+    fi
+
+    rm -f "$temp_output_file"
+    return $exit_code
+}
 
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