When trying to invoke qemu-img commit with a base image file name that is not part of the top image's backing chain, the user receives a rather plain "Base not found" error message. This is not really helpful because it does not explain what "not found" means, potentially leaving the user wondering why qemu cannot find a file despite it clearly existing in the file system.
Improve the error message by clarifying that "not found" means "not found in the top image's backing chain". Reported-by: Ala Hino <ah...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mre...@redhat.com> --- Reported in: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390991 --- qemu-img.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c index 6949b73..d020e9a 100644 --- a/qemu-img.c +++ b/qemu-img.c @@ -912,7 +912,9 @@ static int img_commit(int argc, char **argv) if (base) { base_bs = bdrv_find_backing_image(bs, base); if (!base_bs) { - error_setg(&local_err, QERR_BASE_NOT_FOUND, base); + error_setg(&local_err, + "Did not find '%s' in the backing chain of '%s'", + base, filename); goto done; } } else { -- 2.10.2
