#21284: Errors in the settings.py file result in misleading messages
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Reporter: wildfire | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Uncategorized | Version: 1.6-beta-1
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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If you have an error in your settings.py, Django 1.6 will give an error
indicating that whatever command you are attempting to run does not exist.
$ django-admin.py startproject djtest .
$ python manage.py validate
0 errors found
Now edit djtest/settings.py and put the following in the file:
diff -u djtest.orig/settings.py djtest/settings.py
--- djtest.orig/settings.py 2013-10-17 14:18:51.348674346 +0100
+++ djtest/settings.py 2013-10-17 14:20:07.773667472 +0100
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+ENV_FACTOR_STUFF = os.environ['ENV_FACTOR_STUFF']
# Application definition
# (i.e. attempt to get something from the environment)
$ python manage.py validate
Unknown command: 'validate'
Type 'manage.py help' for usage.
$ python manage.py runserver
Unknown command: 'runserver'
Type 'manage.py help' for usage.
etc.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21284>
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