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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/config.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/config.py b/lib/spack/spack/config.py index 21e08ff666..9488e49ab9 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/config.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/config.py @@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ config_scopes = OrderedDict() def validate_section_name(section): - """Raise a ValueError if the section is not a valid section.""" + """Exit if the section is not a valid section.""" if section not in section_schemas: - raise ValueError("Invalid config section: '%s'. Options are %s" - % (section, section_schemas)) + tty.die("Invalid config section: '%s'. Options are: %s" + % (section, " ".join(section_schemas.keys()))) def extend_with_default(validator_class): |