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

[Helmut Grohne]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 03:52:34PM +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> The idea is interesting, it could be useful for maven-debian-helper too.
> The log can be quite long, so maybe displaying a message stating that
> the JVM crashed and left a hs_err_pid file would be enough, or just
> printing the header of the file which usually contains the main reason
> of the crash.

debhelper prints the whole config.log when autoconf's ./configure fails.
Thuse can be huge. The reasoning essetially goes: If all you have is a
log, a long log is better than a short one. Possibly inhibiting the
printing when DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS contains "terse" is a compromise?

> Do you want to provide an implementation?

Actually no, still busy distilling ftbfs bugs from failed build logs. I
filed the bug, because Jochen asked me to do so.

Helmut