satisfactorymodding / satisfactorymodding/ficsit-cli
Avoid confusion in error message when remote server cannot be reached
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- Go
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- 69
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- 11
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Description
What happened?
When connecting to the remote (e.g. FTP) server fails, the error message confusingly mentions failed reading FactoryGame.exe before failed to dial host since reading the file is the first operation that ficsit-cli performs on the remote:
Context:
https://discord.com/channels/555424930502541343/555782140533407764/1194108885267656715
https://discord.com/channels/555424930502541343/555782140533407764/1194198329865801790
Version
No idea, latest at the time of writing?
What OS are you seeing the problem on?
Linux
What architecture are you seeing the problem on?
None
Relevant log output
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Any extra info:
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First steps
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing a failed connection to a remote server on Linux and trace the initial remote operations that produce the error message. Done means an unreachable server reports the connection failure clearly instead of first presenting a misleading failure to read FactoryGame.exe.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100