5718: crashes on startup

svn: r19625
2012-05-22 16:38:58 +00:00 · 2012-05-22 16:38:58 +00:00 · 5bbc2e1c24
commit 5bbc2e1c24
parent 741467ef33
1 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/src/gen/utils/configmanager.py
+++ b/src/gen/utils/configmanager.py
@ -246,7 +246,12 @@ class ConfigManager(object):
            filename = self.filename
        if filename and os.path.exists(filename):
            parser = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
+            try: # see bugs 5356, 5490, 5591, 5651, 5718, etc.
                parser.read(filename)
+            except:
+                msg1 = _("WARNING: could not parse file, recreating it:\n%s")
+                print >> sys.stderr, msg1 % filename
+                return
            for sec in parser.sections():
                name = sec.lower()
                if name not in self.data: