3 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index f702842..a23ff56 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -343,8 +343,10 @@ pattern_comp(u8view_t pat)
 			int ec;
 			size_t eoff;
 			op.re = pcre2_compile(re.p, re.len, reopts, &ec, &eoff, nullptr);
-			if (op.re == nullptr)
-				pcre2_bitch_and_die(ec, "failed to compile regex: %s");
+			if (op.re == nullptr) {
+				pcre2_bitch_and_die(
+					ec, "failed to compile regex at byte offset %zu: %s", eoff);
+			}
 			if ((ec = pcre2_jit_compile(op.re, PCRE2_JIT_COMPLETE)) != 0) {
 				pcre2_bitch_and_die(ec, "failed to JIT compile regex: %s");
 				rv = EXIT_WARNING;
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index bf18111..ae66bf9 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -9,10 +10,11 @@
 #include "globals.h"
 
 void
-pcre2_bitch_and_die(int ec, const char *fmt)
+pcre2_bitch_and_die(int ec, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	/* If we’ve gotten here, we don’t care about writing efficient code */
 	ptrdiff_t bufsz = 512;
+
 	for (;;) {
 		char *buf = malloc(bufsz);
 		if (buf == nullptr)
@@ -20,8 +22,12 @@ pcre2_bitch_and_die(int ec, const char *fmt)
 		if (pcre2_get_error_message(ec, buf, bufsz) == PCRE2_ERROR_NOMEMORY) {
 			free(buf);
 			bufsz *= 2;
-		} else
-			cerr(EXIT_FATAL, fmt, buf);
+		} else {
+			va_list ap;
+			va_start(ap, fmt);
+			vwarn(fmt, ap);
+			exit(EXIT_FATAL);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index bb2ca16..705d0ee 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 #define GRAB_UTIL_H
 
 int getenv_posnum(const char *ev, int fallback);
-void pcre2_bitch_and_die(int ec, const char *fmt);
+void pcre2_bitch_and_die(int ec, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 #endif /* !GRAB_UTIL_H */
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