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Diffstat (limited to 'mesonbuild/interpreter.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | mesonbuild/interpreter.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py index 1bb8aab..c6503ed 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py +++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py @@ -1771,6 +1771,12 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''') try: resolved = r.resolve(dirname) except RuntimeError as e: + # if the reason subproject execution failed was because + # the directory doesn't exist, try to give some helpful + # advice if it's a nested subproject that needs + # promotion... + self.print_nested_info(dirname) + msg = 'Subproject directory {!r} does not exist and cannot be downloaded:\n{}' raise InterpreterException(msg.format(os.path.join(self.subproject_dir, dirname), e)) subdir = os.path.join(self.subproject_dir, resolved) @@ -2317,7 +2323,6 @@ to directly access options of other subprojects.''') # we won't actually read all the build files. return fallback_dep if not dep: - self.print_nested_info(name) assert(exception is not None) raise exception |