[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#786456: sbuild-update: Better error message when chroot is not specified

[Felipe Sateler]

Package: sbuild
Version: 0.65.2-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch


sbuild-update gives a very cryptic error when no chroot is specified:

% sbuild-update -udcar
E: Incorrect number of options
I: Run “sbuild-update --help” to list usage example and all available options

The attached patch gives a more meaningful message:

% ./bin/sbuild-update -udcar
E: No chroot was specified
I: Run “sbuild-update --help” to list usage example and all available options

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages sbuild depends on:
ii  adduser         3.113+nmu3
ii  apt-utils       1.0.9.9
ii  libsbuild-perl  0.65.2-1
ii  perl            5.20.2-6

Versions of packages sbuild recommends:
ii  debootstrap  1.0.69
ii  fakeroot     1.20.2-1

Versions of packages sbuild suggests:
pn  deborphan  <none>
ii  wget       1.16.3-2

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/sbuild/sbuild.conf changed [not included]

-- no debconf information
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