Bad error message when setting the template of a qube to a qube that doesn’t exist

[DemiMarie]

How to file a helpful issue

Qubes OS release

R4.1

Brief summary

[user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-prefs sys-firewall template nonexistantqube
usage: qvm-prefs [--verbose] [--quiet] [--help] [--help-properties] [--hide-default] [--get] [--set] [--default] VMNAME [PROPERTY] [VALUE]
qvm-prefs: error: no such property: 'template'

even though the command was used correctly and template is in fact a property.

Steps to reproduce

See above 🙂

Expected behavior

A better error message, such as “There is no qube named ‘nonexistantqube’”. If the request is made from dom0, a list of qubes with similar names could be displayed.

Actual behavior

Error message is no such property: 'template', even though the property template does exist.

[unman]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 07:33:12AM -0700, Demi Marie Obenour wrote: [How to file a helpful issue](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/issue-tracking/) ### Qubes OS release R4.1 ### Brief summary ``` ***@***.*** ~]$ qvm-prefs sys-firewall template nonexistantqube usage: qvm-prefs [--verbose] [--quiet] [--help] [--help-properties] [--hide-default] [--get] [--set] [--default] VMNAME [PROPERTY] [VALUE] qvm-prefs: error: no such property: 'template' ``` even though the command was used correctly and `template` is in fact a property. ### Steps to reproduce See above 🙂 ### Expected behavior A better error message, such as ???There is no qube named ???nonexistantqube??????. If the request is made from dom0, a list of qubes with similar names could be displayed. ### Actual behavior Error message is `no such property: 'template'`, even though the property `template` does exist.

This isnt specific to 4.1, nor to setting template. E.g trying to set template_for_dispvms on a standalone in 4.0 generated the same "no such property" #4670 - failing to set netvm does the same - #5005 is another example your own #6218

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The component core-admin (including package qubes-core-dom0-4.1.36-1.fc32) has been pushed to the r4.1 stable repository for dom0.
To install this update, please use the standard update command:

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