From 124e42ade36c06931057789f4b2cf646c9cc65b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arjen Nienhuis <a.g.nienhuis@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 02:17:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improved error message for missing packer

It's not that the raw mode does not exist.
There is just no direct conversion.
---
 encode.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/encode.c b/encode.c
index b08a9aa57..9a0dd2446 100644
--- a/encode.c
+++ b/encode.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ get_packer(ImagingEncoderObject* encoder, const char* mode,
     pack = ImagingFindPacker(mode, rawmode, &bits);
     if (!pack) {
         Py_DECREF(encoder);
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError, "unknown raw mode");
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "No packer found from %s to %s", mode, rawmode);
         return -1;
     }