Module installs fail silently

[Maximilian Gaß]

if installing a module fails due to some error, the error is not displayed to the user but only written to the log.

[Stephane Wirtel (OpenERP) (stephane-openerp)]

Linux or Windows ?

Thanks

[Maximilian Gaß (mxey)]

Debian GNU/Linux. Also, I am using the GTK+ client.

[gpa(OpenERP) (gpa-openerp)]

Hello,

Can you provide more information regarding module fail?Please provide me name of module.
Are you using stable or trunk?

Thanks.

[Maximilian Gaß (mxey)]

It was a custom module developed by us. But which module is not relevant, it is a generic problem that exceptions during module install are not properly caught and displayed to the user.

[Ana Juaristi Olalde (ajuaristio)]

I agree with maximilian. If you install a module that is crashing, the
client is not showing the error but on client log you can see it. That's not
happening once the module is installed. On that case the error is shown to
user. I think the second way is much better, since sometimes user has no
possibility to access log files.

Thank you!!

Ana

2010/3/19 Maximilian Gass <email address hidden>

> It was a custom module developed by us. But which module is not
> relevant, it is a generic problem that exceptions during module install
> are not properly caught and displayed to the user.
>
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> Module installs fail silently
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541003
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> Bug description:
> if installing a module fails due to some error, the error is not displayed
> to the user but only written to the log.
>
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>

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[Olivier Dony (Odoo) (odo-openerp)]

Hello Maximilian,

Things have improved in this area in trunk (future 6.0), but such improvement cannot be done in stable versions.
Could you try with the latest version and see if your specific case is better handled?

Otherwise, please provide a traceback of the error or a minimalist example to reproduce the error, so we know for sure which sort of exception you are talking about (e.g. XML validation, view definitions, python errors, etc.)

Thanks!

PS: You may reset the bug status to New once you have provided that information, by the way.

[Maximilian Gaß (mxey)]

Sorry, but why can't you add a proper exception handler in a stable version?

[Antony Lesuisse (OpenERP) (al-openerp)]

Tested in 6.1, by inserting a "raise 1" into the code of a module. I get the traceback from the web client when installing.