[Libguestfs] [PATCH] make-fs: print error message on mkfs failure

This makes a bit easier to diagnose failures on mkfs, without the need to restart the filesystem creation with verbose output (which will produce a lot more output). --- make-fs/make-fs.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/make-fs/make-fs.c b/make-fs/make-fs.c index ff291a1..561c6ae 100644 --- a/make-fs/make-fs.c +++ b/make-fs/make-fs.c @@ -773,8 +773,8 @@ do_make_fs (const char *input, const char *output_str) if (r == -1) { /* Provide more guidance in the error message (RHBZ#823883). */ - fprintf (stderr, "%s: 'mkfs' (create filesystem) operation failed.\n", - guestfs_int_program_name); + fprintf (stderr, "%s: 'mkfs' (create filesystem) operation failed: %s\n", + guestfs_int_program_name, guestfs_last_error (g)); if (STREQ (type, "fat")) fprintf (stderr, "Instead of 'fat', try 'vfat' (long filenames) or 'msdos' (short filenames).\n"); else -- 2.5.0