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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py22
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
index 1817d0a77b..e64845f0ef 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
@@ -186,18 +186,28 @@ class Executable(object):
env=env)
out, err = proc.communicate()
- rc = self.returncode = proc.returncode
- if fail_on_error and rc != 0 and (rc not in ignore_errors):
- raise ProcessError('Command exited with status %d:' %
- proc.returncode, cmd_line)
-
+ result = None
if output is str or error is str:
result = ''
if output is str:
result += to_str(out)
if error is str:
result += to_str(err)
- return result
+
+ rc = self.returncode = proc.returncode
+ if fail_on_error and rc != 0 and (rc not in ignore_errors):
+ long_msg = cmd_line
+ if result:
+ # If the output is not captured in the result, it will have
+ # been stored either in the specified files (e.g. if
+ # 'output' specifies a file) or written to the parent's
+ # stdout/stderr (e.g. if 'output' is not specified)
+ long_msg += '\n' + result
+
+ raise ProcessError('Command exited with status %d:' %
+ proc.returncode, long_msg)
+
+ return result
except OSError as e:
raise ProcessError(