Feature #7431

Improve tails-iuk error reporting for developers

Added by intrigeri 2014-06-21 22:18:55 . Updated 2014-10-16 08:10:37 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Elevated
Assignee:
Category:
Target version:
Tails_1.2
Start date:
2014-06-21
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
bugfix/better-error-reporting
Type of work:
Code
Blueprint:

Starter:
0
Affected tool:
Upgrader
Deliverable for:

Description

When e.g. tails-install-iuk fails, its stdout and stderr is nowhere to be found. This eats precious developer time, and should be improved.

The root cause of the problem may be that gksudo hides stderr. One could workaround this somehow, or have Tails::IUK::Frontend’s fatal method log to a temporary file, whose path could be mentionned in the error message displayed to the user.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #7623: Running t-p-s in verbose mode is too hard Resolved 2014-07-20
Related to Tails - Bug #8690: tails-install-iuk's output is not forwarded to the Upgrader error reporting Resolved 2015-01-13

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-22 10:48:22

  • related to Bug #7623: Running t-p-s in verbose mode is too hard added

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-22 11:11:44

  • Description updated

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-22 12:38:29

  • Target version set to Tails_1.1.1

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-02 17:37:46

  • Description updated

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-05 13:21:07

  • Target version changed from Tails_1.1.1 to Tails_1.2

The changes needed to implement this will likely be too large for a point-release, postponing to 1.2.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-12 14:59:10

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
  • % Done changed from 0 to 10
  • Feature Branch set to bugfix/better-error-reporting

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-12 15:44:06

  • % Done changed from 10 to 50

Works for me. Will ask for a single review’n’merge once I confirm the branch fixes Bug #7623 for me too.

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-12 22:03:32

  • Assignee deleted (intrigeri)
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA

#9 Updated by anonym 2014-09-25 22:12:20

  • Status changed from In Progress to Fix committed
  • % Done changed from 50 to 100
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

#10 Updated by anonym 2014-10-16 08:10:37

  • Status changed from Fix committed to Resolved

#11 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-13 17:15:30

  • related to Bug #8690: tails-install-iuk's output is not forwarded to the Upgrader error reporting added