package bbclass: give better diagnostic when bb.copyfile fails

diff --git a/classes/package.bbclass b/classes/package.bbclass
index 246ecd4..008eca5 100644 (file)
--- a/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ python populate_packages () {
                        bb.mkdirhier(dpath)
                        ret = bb.copyfile(file, fpath)
                        if ret is False or ret == 0:
-                               raise bb.build.FuncFailed("File population failed")
+                               raise bb.build.FuncFailed("File population failed when copying %s to %s" % (file, fpath))
                        if pkg == main_pkg and main_is_empty:
                                main_is_empty = 0
                del localdata