From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2024 11:14:10 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: ; Improve diagnostics in Image Dired
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; Improve diagnostics in Image Dired

* lisp/image/image-dired-external.el
(image-dired--check-executable-exists): Improve diagnostics.

(cherry picked from commit 4303e5c9fa37368b50677f21aba977758f100e3c)
---

diff --git a/lisp/image/image-dired-external.el b/lisp/image/image-dired-external.el
index da272c146c9..5a9fc504370 100644
--- a/lisp/image/image-dired-external.el
+++ b/lisp/image/image-dired-external.el
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ function, consider that function to be an alternative to running EXECUTABLE."
     (or (and (executable-find cmd)
              (image-dired--probe-thumbnail-cmd cmd))
         (and func (fboundp func) 'function)
-        (error "Executable %S not found or not pertinent" executable))))
+        (error "Executable named by `%S' (%s) not found or not pertinent"
+               executable (symbol-value executable)))))
 
 
 ;;; Creating thumbnails