1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/libmain/shared.cc b/src/libmain/shared.cc
index 3bbb5cf93..0f2c189a6 100644
--- a/src/libmain/shared.cc
+++ b/src/libmain/shared.cc
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ string getArg(const string & opt,
     Strings::iterator & i, const Strings::iterator & end)
 {
     ++i;
-    if (i == end) throw UsageError(format("'%1%' requires an argument") % opt);
+    if (i == end) throw UsageError("'%1%' requires an argument", opt);
     return *i;
 }
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ bool LegacyArgs::processArgs(const Strings & args, bool finish)
     Strings ss(args);
     auto pos = ss.begin();
     if (!parseArg(pos, ss.end()))
-        throw UsageError(format("unexpected argument '%1%'") % args.front());
+        throw UsageError("unexpected argument '%1%'", args.front());
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ void showManPage(const string & name)
     restoreSignals();
     setenv("MANPATH", settings.nixManDir.c_str(), 1);
     execlp("man", "man", name.c_str(), nullptr);
-    throw SysError(format("command 'man %1%' failed") % name.c_str());
+    throw SysError("command 'man %1%' failed", name.c_str());
 }
 
 
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ int handleExceptions(const string & programName, std::function<void()> fun)
 {
     ReceiveInterrupts receiveInterrupts; // FIXME: need better place for this
 
+    ErrorInfo::programName = programName;
+
     string error = ANSI_RED "error:" ANSI_NORMAL " ";
     try {
         try {
@@ -305,12 +307,13 @@ int handleExceptions(const string & programName, std::function<void()> fun)
     } catch (Exit & e) {
         return e.status;
     } catch (UsageError & e) {
-        printError(
-            format(error + "%1%\nTry '%2% --help' for more information.")
-            % e.what() % programName);
+        logError(e.info());
+        printError("Try '%1% --help' for more information.", programName);
         return 1;
     } catch (BaseError & e) {
-        printError(format(error + "%1%%2%") % (settings.showTrace ? e.prefix() : "") % e.msg());
+        if (settings.showTrace && e.prefix() != "")
+            printError(e.prefix());
+        logError(e.info());
         if (e.prefix() != "" && !settings.showTrace)
             printError("(use '--show-trace' to show detailed location information)");
         return e.status;
@@ -347,7 +350,7 @@ RunPager::RunPager()
         execlp("pager", "pager", nullptr);
         execlp("less", "less", nullptr);
         execlp("more", "more", nullptr);
-        throw SysError(format("executing '%1%'") % pager);
+        throw SysError("executing '%1%'", pager);
     });
 
     pid.setKillSignal(SIGINT);