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diff --git a/cobbler/api.py b/cobbler/api.py
index 77dd835..e48fe7a 100644
--- a/cobbler/api.py
+++ b/cobbler/api.py
@@ -29,13 +29,19 @@ class BootAPI:
try:
if self.config.files_exist():
self.config.deserialize()
- except:
- # traceback.print_exc()
- print m("no_cfg")
+ except Exception, e:
+ # parse errors, attempt to recover
+ print self.last_error
+ if self.last_error == m("parse_error"):
+ # the error came from /etc/cobbler.conf, and must be fixed
+ # manually, CLI can't do it for policy reasons on /etc
+ raise Exception, "parse_error"
try:
self.config.serialize()
except:
+ # shouldn't get here. File permissions issue, perhaps?
traceback.print_exc()
+ raise Exception, "parse_error2"
if not self.config.files_exist():
self.config.serialize()