From: Andrey Mirtchovski <mirtchovski@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:13:16 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: cmd/goinstall: include command name in error reporting (usually missing software... 
X-Git-Tag: weekly.2010-03-30~74
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=456642adb5f26b77b5d00a416b990a2788e0b922;p=gostls13.git

cmd/goinstall: include command name in error reporting (usually missing software or incorrect $PATH)

R=rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/695041
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diff --git a/src/cmd/goinstall/main.go b/src/cmd/goinstall/main.go
index 1be2bd600a..bc6301baa2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/goinstall/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/goinstall/main.go
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ func quietRun(dir string, stdin []byte, cmd ...string) os.Error {
 func genRun(dir string, stdin []byte, cmd []string, quiet bool) os.Error {
 	bin, err := exec.LookPath(cmd[0])
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		// report binary as well as the error
+		return os.NewError(cmd[0] + ": " + err.String())
 	}
 	p, err := exec.Run(bin, cmd, os.Environ(), dir, exec.Pipe, exec.Pipe, exec.MergeWithStdout)
 	if *verbose {