Index: testsuite/cpio.tests
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--- testsuite/cpio.tests	(revision 21927)
+++ testsuite/cpio.tests	(working copy)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -e
 # Copyright 2008 by Denys Vlasenko
 # Licensed under GPL v2, see file LICENSE for details.
 
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 # check if hexdump supports the '-R' option
 hexdump -R </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
 	echo "'hexdump -R' is not available" >&2
-	SKIP=1
 	exit 1
 }