From e9f8e48a642ac758bd2eed53c842197d2ab8954d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?I=C3=B1aki=20Garc=C3=ADa=20Etxebarria?= <garetxe@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 05:12:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve error message when readPkgConfigDb fails

---
 cabal-install/Distribution/Client/PkgConfigDb.hs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/PkgConfigDb.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/PkgConfigDb.hs
index 1b4e8b5e48f..d83c754c16a 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/PkgConfigDb.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/PkgConfigDb.hs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ readPkgConfigDb verbosity conf = handle ioErrorHandler $ do
         -- too long command line).
         ioErrorHandler :: IOException -> IO PkgConfigDb
         ioErrorHandler e = do
-          warn verbosity ("Failed to query pkg-config: " ++ show e)
+          warn verbosity ("Failed to query pkg-config, Cabal will continue without solving for pkg-config constraints: " ++ show e)
           return NoPkgConfigDb
 
 -- | Create a `PkgConfigDb` from a list of @(packageName, version)@ pairs.