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| -rw-r--r-- | django/db/backends/oracle/base.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py index d6c679a284..1387e602ed 100644 --- a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py +++ b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py @@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ def _setup_environment(environ): if platform.system().upper().startswith('CYGWIN'): try: import ctypes - except ImportError: - raise ImportError("ctypes not found. The Oracle backend requires ctypes to operate correctly under Cygwin.") + except ImportError, e: + from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured + raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading ctypes: %s; " + "the Oracle backend requires ctypes to " + "operate correctly under Cygwin." % e) kernel32 = ctypes.CDLL('kernel32') for name, value in environ: kernel32.SetEnvironmentVariableA(name, value) |