From 1399e02fdc79f9e365724f001f4bcbf59ca35ae3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Medico Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:47:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Bug #188780 - Make the read_int() function show a more human readable error message, instead of the 'value too great for base' message when the user enters an invalid value such as '1y'. svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=12053 --- bin/etc-update | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bin/etc-update b/bin/etc-update index 4d29007f9..af200f6b4 100755 --- a/bin/etc-update +++ b/bin/etc-update @@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ read_int() { read my_input # failed integer conversions will break a loop unless they're enclosed # in a subshell. - echo "${my_input}" | ( declare -i x; read x) && break + echo "${my_input}" | ( declare -i x; read x) 2>/dev/null && break + echo -n "Value '$my_input' is not valid. Please enter an integer value:" >&2 done echo ${my_input} } -- 2.26.2