mesonbuild/meson

Report the reason for failure of install script

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#2,329 opened on Sep 16, 2017

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Description

When an install script fails, there is no indication as to why.

https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/blob/c63aa0372b7acd8f6a094ca240eb39c8aab646cf/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_install.py#L262-L268

Meson should either log the stdout/stderr of the scripts or print it on failure.

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Research direction
Investigate how to capture and display stdout/stderr of install scripts on failure.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Python
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75