better logging

R/build_binaries.R

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ build_binary_package <- function(package_name, tag = NULL, codename = NULL,
       {
         install_package_system_dependencies(package_name, tag, platform, local_clone_dir)
       },
+      # NB: here we need to use conditionMessage() to extract the actual error - as opposed to using $stderr for errors within the tryCatch used in the future* calls 
       error = function(e) {
         message(sprintf("Error in installing dependencies for package %s with tag %s: %s", package_name[1], tag[1], e))
         store_build_metadata(package_name[1], tag[1], platform, error_occurred = TRUE, force = TRUE, error = conditionMessage(e))