From 938d4b13d34a69f52873ef87dd735d4ba48ffa8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kipp Cannon <kipp.cannon@ligo.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 21:07:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] pipeparts: improve error message
- when plugin cannot be loaded
---
gstlal/python/pipeparts/__init__.py | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gstlal/python/pipeparts/__init__.py b/gstlal/python/pipeparts/__init__.py
index f518943e1b..1e41450da9 100644
--- a/gstlal/python/pipeparts/__init__.py
+++ b/gstlal/python/pipeparts/__init__.py
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ def mkgeneric(pipeline, src, elem_type_name, **properties):
elem = Gst.ElementFactory.make(elem_type_name, properties.pop("name"))
else:
elem = Gst.ElementFactory.make(elem_type_name, None)
+ if elem is None:
+ raise RuntimeError("unknown failure creating \"%s\" element: confirm that the correct plugins are being loaded" % elem_type_name)
for name, value in properties.items():
elem.set_property(name.replace("_", "-"), value)
pipeline.add(elem)
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