Updated Branches:
  refs/heads/cassandra-1.1 dafa548fd -> e39530789

explain how to work around exec problems in error message
patch by jbellis for CASSANDRA-4590


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/commit/e3953078
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/tree/e3953078
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/diff/e3953078

Branch: refs/heads/cassandra-1.1
Commit: e395307893d93a01e976656f6e0f5cee1acf3c3b
Parents: dafa548
Author: Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@apache.org>
Authored: Fri Sep 7 11:57:19 2012 -0500
Committer: Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@apache.org>
Committed: Fri Sep 7 11:58:03 2012 -0500

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 src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/CLibrary.java |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/blob/e3953078/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/CLibrary.java
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diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/CLibrary.java 
b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/CLibrary.java
index bcb5bfa..97015a7 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/CLibrary.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/CLibrary.java
@@ -189,7 +189,10 @@ public final class CLibrary
         }
         catch (IOException ex)
         {
-            logger.error("Unable to create hard link", ex);
+            String st = osname.startsWith("Windows")
+                      ? "Unable to create hard link.  This probably means your 
data directory path is too long.  Exception follows:"
+                      : "Unable to create hard link with exec.  Suggest 
installing JNA to avoid the need to exec entirely.  Exception follows: ";
+            logger.error(st, ex);
             throw ex;
         }
     }

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