commit 727cc3e32424886b90df2094063549189cbbb390
author David Pursehouse <david.pursehouse@sonymobile.com> Thu May 07 14:16:49 2015 +0900
committer David Pursehouse <david.pursehouse@sonymobile.com> Mon Jul 06 16:18:06 2015 +0900
tree 59247c708be1db7c94f8a5ba6196d9a823d96cf8
parent c5ceeb16258d5d787845840036c57f9fdfdcad34

sync: Improve error message when writing smart sync manifest fails

The error message only states that writing the manifest failed.

Include the exception message, so it's easier to track down the reason
that the write failed.

Change-Id: I06e942c48a19521ba45292199519dd0a8bdb1de7

subcmds/sync.py

diff --git a/subcmds/sync.py b/subcmds/sync.py
index b4546c1..c9ca889 100644
--- a/subcmds/sync.py
+++ b/subcmds/sync.py
@@ -592,8 +592,9 @@
               f.write(manifest_str)
             finally:
               f.close()
-          except IOError:
-            print('error: cannot write manifest to %s' % manifest_path,
+          except IOError as e:
+            print('error: cannot write manifest to %s:\n%s'
+                  % (manifest_path, e),
                   file=sys.stderr)
             sys.exit(1)
           self._ReloadManifest(manifest_name)