From e3ac7630eb0bf07873f7c461e6758173fbf81dd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Nagy <tnagy@waf.io>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 01:08:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Clearer error message when folders do not exist - Issue 1643

---
 waflib/Context.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/waflib/Context.py b/waflib/Context.py
index e879087b..d057e256 100644
--- a/waflib/Context.py
+++ b/waflib/Context.py
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ class Context(ctx):
 				elif not node:
 					if not mandatory:
 						continue
+					try:
+						os.listdir(d)
+					except OSError:
+						raise Errors.WafError('Cannot read the folder %r' % d)
 					raise Errors.WafError('No wscript file in directory %s' % d)
 
 	def exec_command(self, cmd, **kw):