Output better error messages during build

build/android/pylib/build_utils.py

 # Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import fnmatch
 import os
+import pipes
 import shlex
 import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import traceback
 
 
 def MakeDirectory(dir_path):
   try:
     os.makedirs(dir_path)
   except OSError:
     pass
 
 
 def DeleteDirectory(dir_path):
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 def ParseGypList(gyp_string):
   # The ninja generator doesn't support $ in strings, so use ## to
   # represent $.
   # TODO(cjhopman): Remove when
   # https://code.google.com/p/gyp/issues/detail?id=327
   # is addressed.
   gyp_string = gyp_string.replace('##', '$')
   return shlex.split(gyp_string)
 
 
+# This can be used in most cases like subprocess.check_call. The output,
+# particularly when the command fails, better highlights the command's failure.
+# This call will directly exit on a failure in the subprocess so that no python
+# stacktrace is printed after the output of the failed command.
+def CheckCallDie(args, cwd=None):
+  if not cwd:
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+
+  child = subprocess.Popen(args,
+      stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, cwd=cwd)
+
+  stdout, _ = child.communicate()
+
+  if child.returncode:
+    stacktrace = traceback.extract_stack()
+    print >> sys.stderr, ''.join(traceback.format_list(stacktrace))
+    # A user should be able to simply copy and paste the command that failed
+    # into their shell.
+    copyable_command = ' '.join(map(pipes.quote, args))
+    copyable_command = ('( cd ' + os.path.abspath(cwd) + '; '
+        + copyable_command + ' )')
+    print >> sys.stderr, 'Command failed:', copyable_command, '\n'
+
+    if stdout:
+      print stdout,
+
+    # Directly exit to avoid printing stacktrace.
+    sys.exit(child.returncode)
+
+  else:
+    if stdout:
+      print stdout,
+