vmbuilder cannot find locale.tmpl

[Duncan McGreggor]

When attempting to build an image with ubuntu-vm-builder, I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/oubiwann/lab/Canonical/Landscape/team/bigkevmcd/vmbuilder/ubuntu-vm-builder", line 29, in <module>
    VMBuilder.run()
  File "/home/oubiwann/lab/Canonical/Landscape/team/bigkevmcd/vmbuilder/VMBuilder/__init__.py", line 66, in run
    frontend.run()
  File "/home/oubiwann/lab/Canonical/Landscape/team/bigkevmcd/vmbuilder/VMBuilder/plugins/cli/__init__.py", line 67, in run
    vm.create()
  File "/home/oubiwann/lab/Canonical/Landscape/team/bigkevmcd/vmbuilder/VMBuilder/vm.py", line 469, in create
    raise e
VMBuilder.exception.VMBuilderException: Template locale.tmpl not found in any of VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/templates, /home/oubiwann/.vmbuilder/ubuntu, /etc/vmbuilder/ubuntu
make: *** [build/appliance/appliance.qcow2] Error 1

However, examination of the first templates directory shows that VMBuilder does, in fact, have that template.

In a debugging session, the problem becomes apparent:

(Pdb) tmpl = 'VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/templates/locale.tmpl'
(Pdb) os.path.exists(tmpl)
False
(Pdb) os.path.exists('VMBuilder')
False
(Pdb) os.getcwd()
'/home/oubiwann/lab/Canonical/Landscape/team/oubiwann/standalone-builder'

In order for the template to be found in the VMBuilder templates dir, we need to supply an absolute path:

=== modified file 'VMBuilder/util.py'
--- VMBuilder/util.py 2008-11-27 17:25:29 +0000
+++ VMBuilder/util.py 2009-03-05 17:19:21 +0000
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
         searchList.append(context)
     searchList.append(vm)

- tmpldirs = ['VMBuilder/plugins/%s/templates',
+ tmpldirs = [os.path.dirname(__file__) + '/plugins/%s/templates',
                 os.path.expanduser('~/.vmbuilder/%s'),
                 '/etc/vmbuilder/%s']

[Duncan McGreggor (oubiwann)]

I just attached a branch for this patch as well. Branch was made from trunk, r288.