appending to hints; remove _printError

4 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/error-demo/error-demo.cc b/src/error-demo/error-demo.cc
index 514258416..82b03d71b 100644
--- a/src/error-demo/error-demo.cc
+++ b/src/error-demo/error-demo.cc
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@ int main()
 
     // ErrorInfo constructor
     try {
-        auto e = Error("generic error");
+        auto e = Error("some error");
         throw DemoError(e.info());
     } catch (Error &e) {
-        logger->logEI(e.info());
+        ErrorInfo ei = e.info();
+        string prevhint = (e.info().hint.has_value() ? e.info().hint->str() : "");
+        ei.hint = std::optional(hintfmt("previous hint was: %s", normaltxt(prevhint)));
+        logger->logEI(ei);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index bacbd5808..f8cc1ce36 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -488,14 +488,18 @@ void handleDiffHook(
 
             auto diffRes = runProgram(diffHookOptions);
             if (!statusOk(diffRes.first))
-                throw ExecError(diffRes.first, "diff-hook program '%1%' %2%", diffHook, statusToString(diffRes.first));
+                throw ExecError(diffRes.first,
+                    "diff-hook program '%1%' %2%",
+                    diffHook,
+                    statusToString(diffRes.first));
 
             if (diffRes.second != "")
                 printError(chomp(diffRes.second));
         } catch (Error & error) {
-            // logError(error.info())
-            // TODO append message onto errorinfo...
-            _printError("diff hook execution failed: %s", error.what());
+            ErrorInfo ei = error.info();
+            string prevhint = (error.info().hint.has_value() ? error.info().hint->str() : "");
+            ei.hint = std::optional(hintfmt("diff hook execution failed: %s", prevhint));
+            logError(ei);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libutil/logging.hh b/src/libutil/logging.hh
index 5f03cdf41..0c4980b83 100644
--- a/src/libutil/logging.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/logging.hh
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ extern Verbosity verbosity; /* suppress msgs > this */
         } \
     } while (0)
 
-#define _printError(args...) printMsg(lvlError, args)
 #define printError(args...) printMsg(lvlError, args)
 #define printInfo(args...) printMsg(lvlInfo, args)
 #define printTalkative(args...) printMsg(lvlTalkative, args)
diff --git a/src/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc b/src/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc
index 3cd2c3a6b..5336db136 100644
--- a/src/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc
+++ b/src/nix-daemon/nix-daemon.cc
@@ -246,9 +246,12 @@ static void daemonLoop(char * * argv)
 
         } catch (Interrupted & e) {
             return;
-        } catch (Error & e) {
+        } catch (Error & error) {
             // TODO append error message
-            _printError("error processing connection: %1%", e.msg());
+            ErrorInfo ei = error.info();
+            string prevhint = (error.info().hint.has_value() ? error.info().hint->str() : "");
+            ei.hint = std::optional(hintfmt("error processing connection: %1%", prevhint));
+            logError(ei);
         }
     }
 }