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-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/beam/beam_load.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/beam_load.c b/erts/emulator/beam/beam_load.c
index de4b32b238..57f5ad0a62 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/beam_load.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/beam_load.c
@@ -1570,10 +1570,15 @@ read_code_header(LoaderState* stp)
/*
* Verify the number of the highest opcode used.
*/
-
GetInt(stp, 4, opcode_max);
if (opcode_max > MAX_GENERIC_OPCODE) {
- LoadError2(stp, "use of opcode %d; this emulator supports only up to %d",
+ LoadError2(stp,
+ "This BEAM file was compiled for a later version"
+ " of the run-time system than " ERLANG_OTP_RELEASE ".\n"
+ " To fix this, please recompile this module with an "
+ ERLANG_OTP_RELEASE " compiler.\n"
+ " (Use of opcode %d; this emulator supports "
+ "only up to %d.)",
opcode_max, MAX_GENERIC_OPCODE);
}