[tbb-bugs] #18784 [Tor Browser]: check-prerequisites.sh should check for wheezy support in vmbuilder

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#18784: check-prerequisites.sh should check for wheezy support in vmbuilder
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     Reporter:  dcf          |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  task         |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal       |   Keywords:
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 make-vms.sh fails with this configuration:
   tor-browser-bundle [https://gitweb.torproject.org/builders/tor-browser-
 bundle.git/log/?id=tbb-6.0a4-build1 tbb-6.0a4-build1]
   Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
   python-vm-builder 0.12.4
 It says "Invalid suite: 'wheezy'":
 {{{
 tor-browser-bundle/gitian$ ./make-vms.sh
 2016-04-10 18:34:24,430 INFO    : logging to file: /tmp/tmpGd7Ucg
 2016-04-10 18:34:24,466 INFO    : Calling hook: preflight_check
 2016-04-10 18:34:24,467 INFO    : Cleaning up
 2016-04-10 18:34:24,467 ERROR   : Invalid suite: "wheezy". Valid suites
 are: dapper gutsy hardy intrepid jaunty karmic lucid maverick natty
 oneiric precise quantal raring saucy trusty
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/bin/vmbuilder", line 24, in <module>
     cli.main()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/contrib/cli.py", line
 221, in main
     distro.build_chroot()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 81, in
 build_chroot
     self.call_hooks('preflight_check')
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 67, in
 call_hooks
     call_hooks(self, *args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/util.py", line 170, in
 call_hooks
     getattr(context, func)(*args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-
 packages/VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/distro.py", line 102, in preflight_check
     raise VMBuilderUserError('Invalid suite: "%s". Valid suites are: %s' %
 (suite, ' '.join(self.suites)))
 VMBuilder.exception.VMBuilderUserError: Invalid suite: "wheezy". Valid
 suites are: dapper gutsy hardy intrepid jaunty karmic lucid maverick natty
 oneiric precise quantal raring saucy trusty
 cp: cannot stat ‘base-wheezy-i386’: No such file or directory
 i386 wheezy VM creation failed
 }}}

 check-prerequsites.sh doesn't detect that vmbuilder is too old.

 I don't see an option that makes vmbuilder print out its supported distros
 and suites. But it might be possible to grep them out of an error message:
 {{{
 $ vmbuilder kvm xxxx
 ...
 VMBuilder.exception.VMBuilderUserError: No such distro. Available distros:
 ubuntu
 }}}

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