unless ( exists $dbdef_cache{$file} ) {
warn "[debug]$me loading dbdef for $file\n" if $DEBUG;
$dbdef_cache{$file} = DBIx::DBSchema->load( $file )
- or die "can't load database schema from $file";
+ or die "can't load database schema from $file: $DBIx::DBSchema::errstr";
} else {
warn "[debug]$me re-using cached dbdef for $file\n" if $DEBUG;
}