Merge pull request #5279 from nh2/scroll-up-tip

Add tip to scroll up on package build failure.
commercialhaskell · May 4, 2020 · 6a04613 · 6a04613
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diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Behavior changes:
 
 Other enhancements:
 
+* Build failures now show a hint to scroll up to the corresponding section
+  [#5279](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/5279)
+
 Bug fixes:
 
 

diff --git a/src/Stack/Types/Build.hs b/src/Stack/Types/Build.hs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ showBuildError isBuildingSetup exitCode mtaskProvides execName fullArgs logFiles
        (True, Nothing) -> "simple Setup.hs"
        (True, Just taskProvides') -> "custom Setup.hs for package " ++ dropQuotes (packageIdentifierString taskProvides')
      ) ++
-     " using:\n      " ++ fullCmd ++ "\n" ++
+     " (scroll up to its section to see the error) using:\n      " ++ fullCmd ++ "\n" ++
      "    Process exited with code: " ++ show exitCode ++
      (if exitCode == ExitFailure (-9)
           then " (THIS MAY INDICATE OUT OF MEMORY)"