guix system: Improve error messages.

* guix/ui.scm (report-error): Export.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (read-operating-system): Report syntax errors
  using standard GNU format.  Report other errors using 'display-error'.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm
index b0974dcfcd..3eea872fe8 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm
@@ -76,11 +76,14 @@
                   file (strerror err))))
         (('syntax-error proc message properties form . rest)
          (let ((loc (source-properties->location properties)))
-           (leave (_ "~a: ~a~%")
-                  (location->string loc) message)))
-        (_
-         (leave (_ "failed to load operating system file '~a': ~s~%")
-                file args))))))
+           (format (current-error-port) (_ "~a: error: ~a~%")
+                   (location->string loc) message)
+           (exit 1)))
+        ((error args ...)
+         (report-error (_ "failed to load operating system file '~a':~%")
+                       file)
+         (apply display-error #f (current-error-port) args)
+         (exit 1))))))
 
 
 ;;;