[Fedora-livecd-list] kickstart.py: except IOError, (err, msg): ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

[Marc Herbert]

Insert a typo in the name of a %include(d) file. Run "livecd-creator". You get the cryptic:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/livecd-creator", line 140, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/bin/livecd-creator", line 112, in main
    ks = imgcreate.read_kickstart(options.kscfg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/imgcreate/kickstart.py", line 56, in read_kickstart
    except IOError, (err, msg):
ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack


The following patch works around the problem. It is probably NOT a fix but a workaround!


I suspect this is far from the only place to find this bug.


--- a/imgcreate/kickstart.py
+++ b/imgcreate/kickstart.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def read_kickstart(path):
     try:
         ksfile = urlgrabber.urlgrab(path)
         ks.readKickstart(ksfile)
-    except IOError, (err, msg):
+    except IOError, (msg):
         raise errors.KickstartError("Failed to read kickstart file "
                                     "'%s' : %s" % (path, msg))
     except kserrors.KickstartError, e: