1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py b/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
index aa273df970..bf48aed7e1 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
@@ -469,11 +469,15 @@ def find_sstate_manifest(taskdata, taskdata2, taskname, d, multilibcache):
         pkgarchs.append('allarch')
         pkgarchs.append('${SDK_ARCH}_${SDK_ARCH}-${SDKPKGSUFFIX}')
 
+    searched_manifests = []
+
     for pkgarch in pkgarchs:
         manifest = d2.expand("${SSTATE_MANIFESTS}/manifest-%s-%s.%s" % (pkgarch, taskdata, taskname))
         if os.path.exists(manifest):
             return manifest, d2
-    bb.fatal("Manifest %s not found in %s (variant '%s')?" % (manifest, d2.expand(" ".join(pkgarchs)), variant))
+        searched_manifests.append(manifest)
+    bb.fatal("The sstate manifest for task '%s:%s' (multilib variant '%s') could not be found.\nThe pkgarchs considered were: %s.\nBut none of these manifests exists:\n    %s"
+            % (taskdata, taskname, variant, d2.expand(", ".join(pkgarchs)),"\n    ".join(searched_manifests)))
     return None, d2
 
 def OEOuthashBasic(path, sigfile, task, d):