Merge pull request #3568 from kolloch/outputHashModeError

libstore/build.cc: more explicit error about form of output
2020-05-11 18:14:32 +02:00
parent 23e5b48ca4 1d8144e36b
commit 5bdb67c843
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -3681,7 +3681,8 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                /* The output path should be a regular file without execute permission. */
                if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR) != 0)
                    throw BuildError(
-                        format("output path '%1%' should be a non-executable regular file") % path);
+                        format("output path '%1%' should be a non-executable regular file "
+                               "since recursive hashing is not enabled (outputHashMode=flat)") % path);
            }

            /* Check the hash. In hash mode, move the path produced by