* [bug#51829] Better error message for mcron file loading
@ 2021-11-14 4:34 Ahmed Khanzada
2021-11-17 16:09 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ahmed Khanzada @ 2021-11-14 4:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 51829
I was a bit puzzled why mcron was failing; based on the error, I assumed
file permissions, and did not realize the actual problem was my faulty
syntax within a file.
Until we can get more detailed error messages in place, I propose this
patch to make the current generic error we have slightly more helpful.
diff --git a/src/mcron/scripts/mcron.scm b/src/mcron/scripts/mcron.scm
index 4c5f7b5..3e581fa 100644
--- a/src/mcron/scripts/mcron.scm
+++ b/src/mcron/scripts/mcron.scm
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not defined uses ~/.config/cron instead)."
"/cron")))
(when (eq? 2 errors)
(mcron-error 13
- "Cannot read files in your ~/.config/cron (or ~/.cron) directory."))))
+ "There was an error reading files in your ~/.config/cron (or ~/.cron) directory. Double-check the folder and file permissions and syntax."))))
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* [bug#51829] Better error message for mcron file loading
2021-11-14 4:34 [bug#51829] Better error message for mcron file loading Ahmed Khanzada
@ 2021-11-17 16:09 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2021-11-17 16:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ahmed Khanzada; +Cc: 51829
Hi,
Ahmed Khanzada <me@enzu.ru> skribis:
> I was a bit puzzled why mcron was failing; based on the error, I assumed
> file permissions, and did not realize the actual problem was my faulty
> syntax within a file.
>
> Until we can get more detailed error messages in place, I propose this
> patch to make the current generic error we have slightly more helpful.
>
> diff --git a/src/mcron/scripts/mcron.scm b/src/mcron/scripts/mcron.scm
Could you send this patch to bug-mcron@gnu.org?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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