Pretty-print some error messages

diff --git a/auto_debuild.py b/auto_debuild.py
index c827a12fcb41428a0fb0bfabc947e61097c1b9e2..17edd4ee2f3256aa1def1691d675c88f5ff229b5 100755 (executable)
--- a/auto_debuild.py
+++ b/auto_debuild.py
@@ -203,23 +203,33 @@ def buildDebianPackage(config):
 ###################################################################
 # if we are called directly as script
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-       import imp
-       # get config
-       config = imp.load_source('config', 'auto-debuild.conf').__dict__
-       os.remove('auto-debuild.confc')
-       # generate debian files
-       if os.path.exists('debian'):
-               if raw_input("A debian folder already exists, to you want to remove it (y/N)? ").lower() != "y":
-                       sys.exit(1)
-               shutil.rmtree('debian')
-       files = createDebianFiles(config)
-       # check if a file is overwritten
-       for file in files:
-               if os.path.exists(file):
-                       if raw_input("Do you want to overwrite %s (y/N)? " % file).lower() != "y":
+       try:
+               import imp
+               # get config
+               config = imp.load_source('config', 'auto-debuild.conf').__dict__
+               os.remove('auto-debuild.confc')
+               # generate debian files
+               if os.path.exists('debian'):
+                       if raw_input("A debian folder already exists, to you want to remove it (y/N)? ").lower() != "y":
                                sys.exit(1)
-       # run compilation
-       buildDebianPackage(config)
-       # install files
-       print "Installing created deb files..."
-       subprocess.check_call(['sudo', 'dpkg', '--install'] + files)
+                       shutil.rmtree('debian')
+               files = createDebianFiles(config)
+               # check if a file is overwritten
+               for file in files:
+                       if os.path.exists(file):
+                               if raw_input("Do you want to overwrite %s (y/N)? " % file).lower() != "y":
+                                       sys.exit(1)
+               # run compilation
+               buildDebianPackage(config)
+               # install files
+               print "Installing created deb files..."
+               subprocess.check_call(['sudo', 'dpkg', '--install'] + files)
+       except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, KeyboardInterrupt) as e: # for some exceptions, a stackrace is usually pointless
+               print >> sys.stderr
+               print >> sys.stderr
+               if isinstance(e, KeyboardInterrupt): # str(e) would be the empty string
+                       print >> sys.stderr, "Interruped by user"
+               else:
+                       print >> sys.stderr, "Error during package creation: %s" % str(e)
+               print >> sys.stderr
+               sys.exit(1)