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| -rw-r--r-- | mesonbuild/interpreter.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py index b5da91f..4a76c94 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py +++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py @@ -1818,9 +1818,12 @@ class Interpreter(): raise else: return None - dep = self.subprojects[dirname].get_variable_method([varname], {}) + try: + dep = self.subprojects[dirname].get_variable_method([varname], {}) + except KeyError: + raise InterpreterException('Fallback variable {!r} in the subproject {!r} does not exist'.format(varname, dirname)) if not isinstance(dep, (DependencyHolder, InternalDependencyHolder)): - raise InterpreterException('Fallback variable is not a dependency object.') + raise InterpreterException('Fallback variable {!r} in the subproject {!r} is not a dependency object.'.format(varname, dirname)) # Check if the version of the declared dependency matches what we want if 'version' in kwargs: wanted = kwargs['version'] |