SERVER-29714 Added more detailed error logging in validate_locale.cpp to better understand the problem if it arises.

(cherry picked from commit 4201d8b14611387edfd448ba91c7195f9c6ec43c)

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/base/validate_locale.cpp b/src/mongo/base/validate_locale.cpp
index 5a4320c34c5..81207d4d89d 100644
--- a/src/mongo/base/validate_locale.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/base/validate_locale.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
 
 #include "mongo/base/init.h"
+#include "mongo/util/mongoutils/str.h"
 
 namespace mongo {
 
@@ -38,13 +39,15 @@ MONGO_INITIALIZER_GENERAL(ValidateLocale, MONGO_NO_PREREQUISITES, MONGO_DEFAULT_
     try {
         // Validate that boost can correctly load the user's locale
         boost::filesystem::path("/").has_root_directory();
-    } catch (const std::runtime_error&) {
-        return Status(ErrorCodes::BadValue,
-                      "Invalid or no user locale set."
+    } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
+        return Status(
+            ErrorCodes::BadValue,
+            str::stream()
+                << "Invalid or no user locale set. "
 #ifndef _WIN32
-                      " Please ensure LANG and/or LC_* environment variables are set correctly."
+                << " Please ensure LANG and/or LC_* environment variables are set correctly. "
 #endif
-                      );
+                << e.what());
     }
     return Status::OK();
 }