buildstream/_exceptions.py

@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ class PlatformError(BstError):
 # Raised when errors are encountered by the sandbox implementation
 #
 class SandboxError(BstError):
-    def __init__(self, message, reason=None):
-        super().__init__(message, domain=ErrorDomain.SANDBOX, reason=reason)
+    def __init__(self, message, detail=None, reason=None):
+        super().__init__(message, detail=detail, domain=ErrorDomain.SANDBOX, reason=reason)
 
 
 # ArtifactError

buildstream/sandbox/sandbox.py

@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ class SandboxCommandError(SandboxError):
 
     Args:
        message (str): The error message to report to the user
+       detail (str): The detailed error string
        collect (str): An optional directory containing partial install contents
     """
-    def __init__(self, message, *, collect=None):
-        super().__init__(message, reason='command-failed')
+    def __init__(self, message, *, detail=None, collect=None):
+        super().__init__(message, detail=detail, reason='command-failed')
 
         self.collect = collect
 
@@ -599,8 +600,8 @@ class _SandboxBatch():
         if exitcode != 0:
             cmdline = ' '.join(shlex.quote(cmd) for cmd in command.command)
             label = command.label or cmdline
-            raise SandboxCommandError("Command '{}' failed with exitcode {}".format(label, exitcode),
-                                      collect=self.collect)
+            raise SandboxCommandError("Command failed with exitcode {}".format(exitcode),
+                                      detail=label, collect=self.collect)
 
     def execute_call(self, call):
         call.callback()

tests/integration/sandbox-bwrap.py

@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ def test_sandbox_bwrap_return_subprocess(cli, tmpdir, datafiles):
 
     result = cli.run(project=project, args=['build', element_name])
     result.assert_task_error(error_domain=ErrorDomain.SANDBOX, error_reason="command-failed")
-    assert "sandbox-bwrap/command-exit-42.bst|Command 'exit 42' failed with exitcode 42" in result.stderr
+    assert "sandbox-bwrap/command-exit-42.bst|Command failed with exitcode 42" in result.stderr