[#IZPACK-35] Error message if configuration file not readable can be misleading

IzPack

Error message if configuration file not readable can be misleading

Created: 21/Mar/08 05:45 PM Updated: 22/Mar/08 01:03 PM

Component/s:

Compiler

Affects Version/s:

3.11.0

Fix Version/s:

4.0.0

Time Tracking:

Original Estimate:

2 hours

Remaining Estimate:

2 hours

Time Spent:

Not Specified

File Attachments:	1. CompilerConfig.diff (2 kB)
Environment:	Slackware Linux 12.0, Sun Java 1.6.0_04

Patch Submitted:

Yes

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In CompilerConfiguration.java (line 1735), the code checks whether the configuration file is readable. The error message specified here is somewhat misleading sometimes. It just says "invalid file". If you're new to IzPack and don't know the reason for this message, "invalid file" could also be interpreted as "contains invalid content", meaning "syntactically wrong".

It would be nice if the error messages were mere distinguished.

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Ansgar Konermann added a comment - 21/Mar/08 05:46 PM

Affects 3.11.0, Compiler

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Ansgar Konermann added a comment - 21/Mar/08 05:53 PM

Patch should give an idea how this could be improved.

However, it needs to be quality-checked: I was unable to build complete project using ant due to time constraints.

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Ansgar Konermann added a comment - 21/Mar/08 05:56 PM

Priority should probably be lowered. Unfortunately, I'm unable to edit this issue anymore.