From: garyo <garyo@fdb21ef1-2011-0410-befe-b5e4ea1792b1>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:46:49 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Better error when taskmaster gets an exception while scanning children (show actual... 
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b8b29864a1da0d9880ab5f8f29fbef14e522e82f;p=scons.git

Better error when taskmaster gets an exception while scanning children (show actual exception string).

git-svn-id: http://scons.tigris.org/svn/scons/trunk@3520 fdb21ef1-2011-0410-befe-b5e4ea1792b1
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diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Taskmaster.py b/src/engine/SCons/Taskmaster.py
index 61bab21e..f8c494d0 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Taskmaster.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Taskmaster.py
@@ -595,14 +595,14 @@ class Taskmaster:
                 self.ready_exc = (SCons.Errors.ExplicitExit, e)
                 if T: T.write('Taskmaster:        SystemExit\n')
                 return node
-            except:
+            except Exception, e:
                 # We had a problem just trying to figure out the
                 # children (like a child couldn't be linked in to a
                 # VariantDir, or a Scanner threw something).  Arrange to
                 # raise the exception when the Task is "executed."
                 self.ready_exc = sys.exc_info()
                 if S: S.problem = S.problem + 1
-                if T: T.write('Taskmaster:        exception while scanning children.\n')
+                if T: T.write('Taskmaster:        exception %s while scanning children.\n'%s)
                 return node
 
             children_not_visited = []