# 
# patch "ChangeLog"
#  from [5f70c813a76cb64a0247ff1598f88a86a82db370]
#    to [2c6040edaf0ca83ca5b2ddd9f6ff3e39be3c8bce]
# 
# patch "unix/process.cc"
#  from [16c179fb6b07c6587fb588a2a83a9d102406798b]
#    to [f29013c6954e3254d58e2fe6681c9cbd723ba45f]
# 
========================================================================
--- ChangeLog	5f70c813a76cb64a0247ff1598f88a86a82db370
+++ ChangeLog	2c6040edaf0ca83ca5b2ddd9f6ff3e39be3c8bce
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2005-08-17  Nathaniel Smith  <address@hidden>
 
+	* unix/process.cc (is_executable, make_executable): When reporting
+	an error in a syscall, include the actual error message.
+
+2005-08-17  Nathaniel Smith  <address@hidden>
+
 	* lua.cc (dump_stack): New function.
 	(Lua::fail): New method; use above.
 	(get, get_fn, get_tab, get_str, get_num, get_bool, extract_str)
========================================================================
--- unix/process.cc	16c179fb6b07c6587fb588a2a83a9d102406798b
+++ unix/process.cc	f29013c6954e3254d58e2fe6681c9cbd723ba45f
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include <sstream>
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@
         struct stat s;
 
         int rc = stat(path, &s);
-        N(rc != -1, F("stat() error on file %s") % path);
+        N(rc != -1, F("error getting status of file %s: %s") % path % strerror(errno));
 
         return s.st_mode & S_IXUSR;
 }
@@ -57,15 +58,15 @@
 {
         mode_t mode;
         struct stat s;
-	int fd = open(path, O_RDWR);
-        N(fd != -1, F("open() error on file %s") % path);
+        int fd = open(path, O_RDWR);
+        N(fd != -1, F("error opening file %s: %s") % path % strerror(errno));
         if (fstat(fd, &s))
-	  return -1;
+          return -1;
         mode = s.st_mode;
         mode |= S_IXUSR|S_IXGRP|S_IXOTH;
         int ret = fchmod(fd, mode);
-        N(close(fd) == 0, F("close() error on file %s") % path);
-	return ret;
+        N(close(fd) == 0, F("error closing file %s: %s") % path % strerror(errno));
+        return ret;
 }
 
 pid_t process_spawn(const char * const argv[])