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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-10-10 10:22:43 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-10-10 23:12:03 +0200
commita6e22d84450450cacc6fc36445f6ae378a5b7ad0 (patch)
tree2e5043bed9e51706a51f95bcd6f7b23c2ba45ba5 /tests
parent3f81ca324b92fca653df26be112d866ea019e16a (diff)
downloadguix-a6e22d84450450cacc6fc36445f6ae378a5b7ad0.tar.gz
ui: Improve reporting of missing closing parentheses.
Suggested by Ricardo Wurmus.
Works around <https://bugs.gnu.org/28295>.

* guix/ui.scm (report-load-error): Add case for 'read-error'.
* tests/guix-system.sh: Test missing-closing-paren errors.
Diffstat (limited to 'tests')
-rw-r--r--tests/guix-system.sh15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/guix-system.sh b/tests/guix-system.sh
index d575795ea0..31ee637133 100644
--- a/tests/guix-system.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-system.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@ else
 fi
 
 
+cat > "$tmpfile"<<EOF
+;; This is line 1, and the next one is line 2.
+   (operating-system
+;; This is line 3, and there is no closing paren!
+EOF
+
+if guix system vm "$tmpfile" 2> "$errorfile"
+then
+    # This must not succeed.
+    exit 1
+else
+    grep "$tmpfile:4:1: missing closing paren" "$errorfile"
+fi
+
+
 # Reporting of unbound variables.
 
 cat > "$tmpfile" <<EOF