Merge pull request #73032 from marijanp/improvement-test-driver-py

nixos/tests: improve get_unit_info expressiveness on failure

nixos/lib/test-driver/test-driver.py

@@ -319,7 +319,11 @@ def wait_for_unit(self, unit, user=None):
     def get_unit_info(self, unit, user=None):
         status, lines = self.systemctl('--no-pager show "{}"'.format(unit), user)
         if status != 0:
-            return None
+            raise Exception(
+                'retrieving systemctl info for unit "{}" {} failed with exit code {}'.format(
+                    unit, "" if user is None else 'under user "{}"'.format(user), status
+                )
+            )
 
         line_pattern = re.compile(r"^([^=]+)=(.*)$")