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Diffstat (limited to 'mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py index 1057892..85ed232 100644 --- 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 |