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Re: [Xen-devel] Question about ACMError

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Question about ACMError
From: Reiner Sailer <sailer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:12:50 -0400
Cc: Masaki Kanno <kanno.masaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:00:06 +0900
> From: Masaki Kanno <kanno.masaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Xen-devel] Question about ACMError
> To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Hi all,
>
> Could you teach me about the behavior of xm commands when
> 'ACMError' occurred?
>
> I am testing the behavior of xm commands with wrong arguments.
> When I tested xm commands related to security (xm *label/*policy),
> I found that some of them.
>  - return 0,
>  - show ACMError's Traceback messages.
>
> Are these results specifications or bugs?
>
> Example:
> # xm cfgbootpolicy xyz
> ACMError: Illegal policy name 'xyz'
> # echo $?
> 0
> # xm addlabel xyz dom acm-test1.conf
> ACMError: No active policy. Policy must be specified in command line.
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "//usr/lib/python/xen/xm/addlabel.py", line 129, in main
>     security.err("No active policy. Policy must be specified in
> command line.")
> ACMError: 'No active policy. Policy must be specified in command line.'
> # echo $?
> 0
>
> Best regards,
>  Kan


Hi Kan,

I will fix this :-)

Catching the exception is ok, but exiting without error code is not.

Thanks!
Reiner
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