[Bug 197306] Improve feedback of mergemaster
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197306
Bug ID: 197306
Summary: Improve feedback of mergemaster
Product: Base System
Version: 9.3-RELEASE
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Only Me
Priority: ---
Component: bin
Assignee: freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org
Reporter: krichter at posteo.de
Invoking `mergemaster` fails with the error message `Unknown modifier 't'`.
Error messages of such low quality should not be shown to the user. He_she
needs to know what went wrong (in which file, etc.) and how to get starting
fixing the issue. The complete output of the failing command is:
# mergemaster
*** The directory specified for the temporary root environment,
/var/tmp/temproot, exists. This can be a security risk if untrusted
users have access to the system.
Use 'd' to delete the old /var/tmp/temproot and continue
Use 't' to select a new temporary root directory
Use 'e' to exit mergemaster
Default is to use /var/tmp/temproot as is
How should I deal with this? [Use the existing /var/tmp/temproot]
*** Leaving /var/tmp/temproot intact
*** Creating the temporary root environment in /var/tmp/temproot
*** /var/tmp/temproot ready for use
*** Creating and populating directory structure in /var/tmp/temproot
Unknown modifier 't'
Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string
*** FATAL ERROR: Cannot 'cd' to /usr/src and install files to
the temproot environment
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