First Stab @ package_error

gistfile1.sh

package_error()
{
  local _message=$1
  if [[ -z "${_message}" ]]
  then
    fail "Cannot print a package error as no message was provided."
  fi
  local _log=$2

  if [[ -n ${_log} ]] && file_exists ${_log}
  then # Append tail of error log to the error message.
    local _num_lines=${3:-25} # Default the number of lines to 25
    _message="${_message}\n\nTail of ${_log}:\n$( tail -n ${_num_lines} ${_log} )"
  fi

  error "${_message}"
}