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(DIR) commit 04f3d98fbe666032554a5fc6d7437962dd8c7b8a
(DIR) parent a7a575555390e37e68dc6249fa0b3881657e77d0
(HTM) Author: Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:14:44 +0100
Adding user friendly error messages for configuration problems.
Diffstat:
path.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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(DIR) diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
t@@ -83,12 +83,49 @@ path_mkrppath(char *rppath)
char *
path_mkbasepath(char *cfgn)
{
- char *path, *rpath;
+ char *path, *rpath, *cwd;
+ struct stat sbuf;
+
+ cwd = getcwd(NULL, 0);
+ if (cwd == NULL)
+ edie("getcwd");
path = path_mkrppath(NULL);
+ if (chdir(path) < 0)
+ edie("chdir");
+ if (stat("default", &sbuf) < 0) {
+ if (cfgn == NULL || !strcmp(cfgn, "default")) {
+ die("You are trying to create a 'default'"
+ " configuration while no other configuration"
+ " exists."
+ " Please use _rppath -ic somecfg_ to"
+ " initialize the configuration 'somecfg' and"
+ " make it the default using _rpcfg -e"
+ " somecfg_. Then this error message"
+ " disappears.\n");
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (!S_ISLNK(sbuf.st_mode)) {
+ die("There seems to be some 'default' configuration"
+ " folder. This should be a symlink. Please go"
+ " to '%s' and check this. If no other folder"
+ " exists, it might help to run"
+ " _mv default somecfg_ and _rpcfg -e"
+ " somecfg_. The last command will create the"
+ " symlink to 'default' and this error message"
+ " disappears. If nothing helps, remove the"
+ " 'default' directory and reinitialize your"
+ " configuration using a different name.\n",
+ path);
+ }
+ }
+
rpath = path_chkmkdir(path, (cfgn)? cfgn : "default", -1);
free(path);
+ if (chdir(cwd) < 0)
+ edie("chdir");
+
return rpath;
}