Bug 321997 - P2 Publisher applications hide the exception which caused the ERROR result status

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/publisher/Messages.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/publisher/Messages.java
index 1f74107d7..69287e4b1 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/publisher/Messages.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/publisher/Messages.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ public class Messages extends NLS {
 	public static String message_generatingMetadata;
 	public static String message_generationCompleted;
 	public static String message_noSimpleconfigurator;
+	public static String message_resultException;
+	public static String message_publisherArguments;
 
 	public static String exception_artifactRepoNoAppendDestroysInput;
 
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/publisher/messages.properties b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/publisher/messages.properties
index 80a800881..d7be89b26 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/publisher/messages.properties
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/publisher/messages.properties
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ exception_sourcePath=Source location ({0}) must be a valid file-system path.
 message_generatingMetadata = Generating metadata for {0}.
 message_generationCompleted = Generation completed with success [{0} seconds].
 message_noSimpleconfigurator = Could not find simpleconfigurator bundle.
+message_resultException=Product publishing ended with the following exception:
+message_publisherArguments=Product publisher application was executed with the following arguments:
 exception_artifactRepoNoAppendDestroysInput = Not appending to artifact repository ({0}) may destroy input files.
 error_rootIU_generation = Could not generate root IU {0}, {1}, {2}..
 exception_errorLoadingProductFile = An error has occurred while loading product file {0}. Exception details: {1}.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/p2/publisher/AbstractPublisherApplication.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/p2/publisher/AbstractPublisherApplication.java
index 418de4492..6e3385e33 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/p2/publisher/AbstractPublisherApplication.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/p2/publisher/AbstractPublisherApplication.java
@@ -251,9 +251,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractPublisherApplication implements IApplication {
 			info = createPublisherInfo();
 			processCommandLineArguments(args, info);
 			Object result = run(info);
-			if (result != IApplication.EXIT_OK)
+			if (result != IApplication.EXIT_OK) {
+				System.out.println(NLS.bind(Messages.message_publisherArguments, null));
 				for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++)
 					System.out.println(args[i]);
+			}
 			return result;
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			if (e.getMessage() != null)
@@ -285,7 +287,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractPublisherApplication implements IApplication {
 				System.out.println(NLS.bind(Messages.message_generationCompleted, String.valueOf((after - before) / 1000)));
 				return IApplication.EXIT_OK;
 			}
+			// TODO: improve the string representation of the result
 			System.out.println(result);
+			Throwable th = result.getException();
+			if (th != null) {
+				System.out.println();
+				System.out.println(NLS.bind(Messages.message_resultException, null));
+				th.printStackTrace(System.out);
+				System.out.println();
+			}
 		} catch (ProvisionException e) {
 			status = e.getStatus();
 			if (status.getSeverity() == IStatus.ERROR && status.getMessage() != null) {