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| -rw-r--r-- | changelog.d/10059.misc | 1 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | synctl | 12 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/10059.misc b/changelog.d/10059.misc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ca6e0e8a5a --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/10059.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Improve the error message printed by synctl when synapse fails to start. diff --git a/synctl b/synctl index 6ce19918d2..90559ded62 100755 --- a/synctl +++ b/synctl @@ -97,11 +97,15 @@ def start(pidfile: str, app: str, config_files: Iterable[str], daemonize: bool) write("started %s(%s)" % (app, ",".join(config_files)), colour=GREEN) return True except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e: - write( - "error starting %s(%s) (exit code: %d); see above for logs" - % (app, ",".join(config_files), e.returncode), - colour=RED, + err = "%s(%s) failed to start (exit code: %d). Check the Synapse logfile" % ( + app, + ",".join(config_files), + e.returncode, ) + if daemonize: + err += ", or run synctl with --no-daemonize" + err += "." + write(err, colour=RED, stream=sys.stderr) return False |