Executor: Do not convert error objects into stringsv1.8.1

Command line users do not see a difference, but for IDE users it is
important that we keep error message and code location separate in the
ErrorInfo objects we hand out via the API.

Task-number: QBS-1151
Change-Id: I4aacf2f32ee535c2d37da3d615ab78e2777a351a
Reviewed-by: Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io>

4 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/corelib/buildgraph/executor.cpp b/src/lib/corelib/buildgraph/executor.cpp
index b95f9ea5a..29b963778 100644
--- a/src/lib/corelib/buildgraph/executor.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/corelib/buildgraph/executor.cpp
@@ -723,7 +723,8 @@ void Executor::doSanityChecks()
 
 void Executor::handleError(const ErrorInfo &error)
 {
-    m_error.append(error.toString());
+    for (const ErrorItem &ei : error.items())
+        m_error.append(ei);
     if (m_processingJobs.isEmpty())
         finish();
     else
diff --git a/tests/auto/api/testdata/build-error-code-location/build-error-code-location.qbs b/tests/auto/api/testdata/build-error-code-location/build-error-code-location.qbs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f51e91e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/api/testdata/build-error-code-location/build-error-code-location.qbs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import qbs
+
+Product {
+    name: "p"
+    type: ["p.out"]
+    Rule {
+        multiplex: true
+        outputFileTags: ["p.out"]
+        outputArtifacts: { }
+        prepare: {}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/api/tst_api.cpp b/tests/auto/api/tst_api.cpp
index 99af1cf52..ef4a6e71c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/api/tst_api.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/api/tst_api.cpp
@@ -253,6 +253,20 @@ void TestApi::baseProperties()
     VERIFY_NO_ERROR(errorInfo);
 }
 
+void TestApi::buildErrorCodeLocation()
+{
+    const qbs::ErrorInfo errorInfo
+            = doBuildProject("build-error-code-location/build-error-code-location.qbs");
+    QVERIFY(errorInfo.hasError());
+    const qbs::ErrorItem errorItem = errorInfo.items().first();
+    QCOMPARE(errorItem.description(),
+             QString("Rule.outputArtifacts must return an array of objects."));
+    const qbs::CodeLocation errorLoc = errorItem.codeLocation();
+    QCOMPARE(QFileInfo(errorLoc.filePath()).fileName(), QString("build-error-code-location.qbs"));
+    QCOMPARE(errorLoc.line(), 9);
+    QCOMPARE(errorLoc.column(), 26);
+}
+
 void TestApi::buildGraphLocking()
 {
     qbs::SetupProjectParameters setupParams
diff --git a/tests/auto/api/tst_api.h b/tests/auto/api/tst_api.h
index c7e4c0670..c78229779 100644
--- a/tests/auto/api/tst_api.h
+++ b/tests/auto/api/tst_api.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ private slots:
     void addQObjectMacroToCppFile();
     void addedFilePersistent();
     void baseProperties();
+    void buildErrorCodeLocation();
     void buildGraphLocking();
     void buildProject();
     void buildProject_data();