Failures during ./configure should mention config.log.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
index cb889bbb3..06cca3859 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/global.rb
@@ -44,13 +44,18 @@ RECOMMENDED_GCC_42 = (MACOS_VERSION >= 10.6) ? 5646 : 5577
 
 
 class ExecutionError <RuntimeError
-  attr :exit_status
+  attr :exit_status, :command
 
   def initialize cmd, args = [], es = nil
+    @command = cmd
     super "Failure while executing: #{cmd} #{pretty(args)*' '}"
     @exit_status = es.exitstatus rescue 1
   end
 
+  def was_running_configure?
+    @command == './configure'
+  end
+
   private
 
   def pretty args