1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fedpkg-pull-build-chain b/fedpkg-pull-build-chain
index a12ff4e..623a21e 100755
--- a/fedpkg-pull-build-chain
+++ b/fedpkg-pull-build-chain
@@ -167,14 +167,16 @@ def main():
         args.extend(['pull-retarget', 'HEAD'])
         try:
             check_call_verbose(args, stdout=sys.stdout, stderr=sys.stderr, cwd=release_dir)
+            f = open('pull-status')
+            was_updated = f.readline() == 'updated'
+            f.close()
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError, e:
-            print "Failed: " + unicode(e)
-            failed.append(arg)
-            continue
-            
-        f = open('pull-status')
-        was_updated = f.readline() == 'updated'
-        f.close()
+            print "fedpkg-vcs failed: " + unicode(e)
+            if last_build_succeeded:
+                failed.append(arg)
+                continue
+            else:
+                was_updated = False
 
         if not was_updated and last_build_succeeded:
             print "No updates and have a previous successful build, nothing to do"