From 4ae105c0d4cbc3bf60d2fedd0c52fb55af3c5250 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Moritz Angermann <moritz@stable-haskell.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 12:56:00 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] compiler: add better 'could not execute: ' error
 messageShowing that the pgm is empty

---
 compiler/GHC/SysTools/Process.hs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compiler/GHC/SysTools/Process.hs b/compiler/GHC/SysTools/Process.hs
index 527c8453d46d..dc334bb1687a 100644
--- a/compiler/GHC/SysTools/Process.hs
+++ b/compiler/GHC/SysTools/Process.hs
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ handleProc pgm phase_name proc = do
 
     does_not_exist =
       throwGhcExceptionIO $
-        InstallationError (phase_name ++ ": could not execute: " ++ pgm)
+        InstallationError (phase_name ++ ": could not execute: `" ++ pgm ++ "'")
 
 withPipe :: ((Handle, Handle) -> IO a) -> IO a
 withPipe = bracket createPipe $ \ (readEnd, writeEnd) -> do