Bug#911547: debhelper gradle build system could cat hs_err_pid*.log on failure

[Helmut Grohne]

Package: gradle-debian-helper
Version: 2.0.2
Severity: wishlist

I encountered a build failure of src:insubstantial. The error was quite
meaningless in diagnosing it. After a while of searching it turned out
that it needs quite a bit of memory and my resource limits were too low.
The cause could be found by looking hs_err_pid*.log. If that file were
output after a failure, that would have made diagnosing my configuration
problem much easier. I'm not sure how useful those contents are in
general.

So what do you think about outputting hs_err_pid*.log when gradle fails?

If you disagree, please don't hesitate to tag this bug wontfix and close
it. It is just a suggestion. If that failure mode is rare, so be it.

Helmut