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opened on Mar 18, 2011
BPO 11599
Nosy @pitrou, @tarekziade, @merwok
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    assignee = 'https://github.com/merwok'
closed_at = <Date 2014-03-13.10:03:44.341>
created_at = <Date 2011-03-18.18:33:56.293>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library']
title = 'Useless error message when distutils fails compiling'
updated_at = <Date 2014-03-13.10:03:44.340>
user = 'https://github.com/pitrou'

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    activity = <Date 2014-03-13.10:03:44.340>
actor = 'eric.araujo'
assignee = 'eric.araujo'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2014-03-13.10:03:44.341>
closer = 'eric.araujo'
components = ['Distutils']
creation = <Date 2011-03-18.18:33:56.293>
creator = 'pitrou'
dependencies = []
files = ['22938']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 11599
keywords = ['patch']
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue11599'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4']

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    1. pitrou commented on Mar 18, 2011

      @pitrou
      pitrou
      on Mar 18, 2011
      MemberAuthor

      Really, can't distutils at least display the command-line that failed to execute?

      Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/default/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py", line 176, in _compile
    extra_postargs)
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/default/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py", line 911, in spawn
    spawn(cmd, dry_run=self.dry_run)
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/default/Lib/distutils/spawn.py", line 34, in spawn
    _spawn_posix(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/default/Lib/distutils/spawn.py", line 138, in _spawn_posix
    % (cmd[0], exit_status))
distutils.errors.DistutilsExecError: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/default/Lib/test/test_embed.py", line 42, in test_subinterps
    exe = self.make_exe("embed1.c")
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/default/Lib/test/test_embed.py", line 29, in make_exe
    compiler.compile([srcpath], output_dir=build_dir)
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/default/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py", line 576, in compile
    self._compile(obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts)
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/default/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py", line 178, in _compile
    raise CompileError(msg)
distutils.errors.CompileError: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
    2. pitrou
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      tarekziade
      on Mar 18, 2011
    3. pitrou
      added
      stdlibStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directory
      type-bugAn unexpected behavior, bug, or error
      on Mar 18, 2011

    4. merwok commented on Mar 21, 2011

      @merwok
      merwok
      on Mar 21, 2011
      Member

      It appears a choice has been made to print only the first argument in the error messages; attached patch changes that, please test.

    5. pitrou commented on Mar 21, 2011

      @pitrou
      pitrou
      on Mar 21, 2011
      MemberAuthor

      It appears a choice has been made to print only the first argument in
      the error messages; attached patch changes that, please test.

      Well, I don't have the failing setup at hand anymore, but the patch
      looks reasonable to me. Thank you!

    6. python-dev commented on Jun 11, 2011

      @python-dev
      python-devmannequin
      on Jun 11, 2011
      Mannequin

      New changeset 3ba34c03f2fc by Éric Araujo in branch 'default':
      Adjust logging in packaging.util.spawn (related to bpo-11599)
      http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3ba34c03f2fc

    7. merwok commented on Jun 11, 2011

      @merwok
      merwok
      on Jun 11, 2011
      Member

      I intend to ask on distutils-sig whether doing the change in distutils would break code.

    8. merwok
      assigned
      merwok
      and unassigned
      tarekziade
      on Jun 11, 2011

    9. pitrou commented on Apr 25, 2012

      @pitrou
      pitrou
      on Apr 25, 2012
      MemberAuthor

      Ping.

    10. merwok commented on Apr 25, 2012

      @merwok
      merwok
      on Apr 25, 2012
      Member

      I will apply this this week; I don’t think I need to ask the ML after all, the output is already different when you run with DISTUTILS_DEBUG — and it’s debug mode anyway, not regular use, so I don’t foresee any compat issue.

    11. python-dev commented on Mar 13, 2014

      @python-dev
      python-devmannequin
      on Mar 13, 2014
      Mannequin

      New changeset 37bca30c3e19 by Éric Araujo in branch '2.7':
      Make distutils error messages more helpful (bpo-11599).
      http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/37bca30c3e19

    12. python-dev commented on Mar 13, 2014

      @python-dev
      python-devmannequin
      on Mar 13, 2014
      Mannequin

      New changeset 43b06352221b by Éric Araujo in branch '3.3':
      Make distutils error messages more helpful (bpo-11599).
      http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/43b06352221b

      New changeset c04260b59e8c by Éric Araujo in branch 'default':
      Merge 3.3 (bpo-11599)
      http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c04260b59e8c

    13. merwok commented on Mar 13, 2014

      @merwok
      merwok
      on Mar 13, 2014
      Member

      Fixed!

    14. merwok
      closed this as completedon Mar 13, 2014
    15. ezio-melotti
      transferred this issue fromon Apr 10, 2022
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