tools.build compile-clj capture out/err

Question

When calling compile-clj, a user can pass in :out and :err to capture the output of the compilation call. However, if for some reason the sub-process exits with a non-0, compile-clj throws without returning that output, making it hard to know what went wrong. (see here: https://github.com/clojure/tools.build/blob/2d2f1b05fd84c3cc756221c17fcfb98034b4d65c/src/main/clojure/clojure/tools/build/tasks/compile_clj.clj#L120)

I would find it helpful if the ex-data of the thrown exception included the :out (variable ps-out and :err (variable ps-err) from the process/process call. Then I could have further insight into what went wrong.

Answer 1

Logged as https://clojure.atlassian.net/browse/TBUILD-46