Print problem text in error message. Closes #2882.

7 years ago · 17c435869c
parent fd66692f73
commit 17c435869c
1 changed files with 6 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ def ninja_quote(text):
    for char in ('$', ' ', ':'):
        text = text.replace(char, '$' + char)
    if '\n' in text:
-        raise MesonException('Ninja does not support newlines in rules. '
-                             'Please report this error with a test case to the Meson bug tracker.')
+        errmsg = '''Ninja does not support newlines in rules. The content was:
+
+%s
+
+Please report this error with a test case to the Meson bug tracker.''' % text
+        raise MesonException(errmsg)
    return text