buildd-mass-retry.py has crappy error messages when the user utterly fails at command arguments

[LaMont Jones]

Sometime since 5 Jan, this started happening:
LPCONFIG=ftpmaster /srv/launchpad.net/codelines/soyuz-production/scripts/ftpmaster-tools/buildd-mass-retry.py -d lucid -a powerpc -C
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/srv/launchpad.net/codelines/soyuz-production/scripts/ftpmaster-tools/buildd-mass-retry.py", line 145, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/srv/launchpad.net/codelines/soyuz-production/scripts/ftpmaster-tools/buildd-mass-retry.py", line 73, in main
    distribution = getUtility(IDistributionSet)[options.distribution]
  File "/srv/launchpad.net/codelines/soyuz-production-rev-8939/lib/lp/registry/model/distribution.py", line 1528, in __getitem__
    distribution = self.getByName(name)
  File "/srv/launchpad.net/codelines/soyuz-production-rev-8939/lib/lp/registry/model/distribution.py", line 1549, in getByName
    pillar = getUtility(IPillarNameSet).getByName(name)
  File "/srv/launchpad.net/codelines/soyuz-production-rev-8939/lib/lp/registry/model/pillar.py", line 123, in getByName
    return getUtility(IProductSet).get(product)
  File "/srv/launchpad.net/codelines/soyuz-production-rev-8939/lib/lp/registry/model/product.py", line 1056, in get
    return Product.get(productid)
  File "/home/pqm/for_rollouts/production/eggs/storm-0.15danilo_storm_launchpad_r342-py2.5-linux-x86_64.egg/storm/sqlobject.py", line 321, in get
  File "/home/pqm/for_rollouts/production/eggs/storm-0.15danilo_storm_launchpad_r342-py2.5-linux-x86_64.egg/storm/store.py", line 179, in get
  File "/home/pqm/for_rollouts/production/eggs/storm-0.15danilo_storm_launchpad_r342-py2.5-linux-x86_64.egg/storm/databases/postgres.py", line 249, in execute
  File "/home/pqm/for_rollouts/production/eggs/storm-0.15danilo_storm_launchpad_r342-py2.5-linux-x86_64.egg/storm/database.py", line 217, in execute
  File "/home/pqm/for_rollouts/production/eggs/storm-0.15danilo_storm_launchpad_r342-py2.5-linux-x86_64.egg/storm/databases/postgres.py", line 259, in raw_execute
  File "/home/pqm/for_rollouts/production/eggs/storm-0.15danilo_storm_launchpad_r342-py2.5-linux-x86_64.egg/storm/database.py", line 299, in raw_execute
  File "/home/pqm/for_rollouts/production/eggs/storm-0.15danilo_storm_launchpad_r342-py2.5-linux-x86_64.egg/storm/database.py", line 342, in _check_disconnect
psycopg2.ProgrammingError: permission denied for relation product

[Tom Haddon (mthaddon)]

As a workaround, "GRANT SELECT ON product TO fiera" was run against the DB until this is fixed properly.

[Julian Edwards (julian-edwards)]

specify -s lucid, not -d lucid

:)

[Julian Edwards (julian-edwards)]

Something in the registry code descends into pillar and then product for some bizarre reason.