add CoreInitError and add error handling for the "no metadata" case

2005/02/01 11:29:28-06:00 anl.gov!desai
loose default setting for cfile

(Logical change 1.200)


git-svn-id: https://svn.mcs.anl.gov/repos/bcfg/trunk/bcfg2@853 ce84e21b-d406-0410-9b95-82705330c041

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/Server/Core.py b/src/lib/Server/Core.py
index b250fa0dd..be3bc7732 100644
--- a/src/lib/Server/Core.py
+++ b/src/lib/Server/Core.py
@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ class PublishedValue(object):
             raise PublishError, (self.key, owner)
         self.value = value
 
+class CoreInitError(Exception):
+    pass
+
 class Core(object):
     '''The Core object is the container for all Bcfg2 Server logic, and modules'''
-    def __init__(self, setup, configfile='/etc/bcfg2.conf'):
+    def __init__(self, setup, configfile):
         object.__init__(self)
         cfile = ConfigParser()
         cfile.read([configfile])
@@ -82,7 +85,11 @@ class Core(object):
         self.setup = setup
         
         mpath = cfile.get('server','metadata')
-        self.metadata = MetadataStore("%s/metadata.xml" % mpath, self.fam)
+        try:
+            self.metadata = MetadataStore("%s/metadata.xml" % mpath, self.fam)
+        except OSError:
+            raise CoreInitError, "metadata path incorrect"
+        
         self.stats = Statistics("%s/statistics.xml" % (mpath))
         
         for structure in cfile.get('server', 'structures').split(','):