idl: Log output with ANCHOR_LOG
on failure and improve build error message
#3284
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Problem
There is an undocumented feature (setting the
ANCHOR_LOG
environment variable) that allows you to log the output of the underlyingcargo test
command we run to generate the IDL. However, this doesn't show the output when thecargo test
command fails because the IDL builder returns early, which is before the logging code runs as mentioned in #3042 (comment):Summary of changes
Log output when the
ANCHOR_LOG
is set on failure and improve the build error message.Before:
After:
$ anchor idl build Error: Building IDL failed. Run `ANCHOR_LOG=true anchor idl build` to see the logs.
With
ANCHOR_LOG
: