libs/web: more verbose faults

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/libs/web/luasrc/dispatcher.lua b/libs/web/luasrc/dispatcher.lua
index 8da10812b..e29bd52bc 100644
--- a/libs/web/luasrc/dispatcher.lua
+++ b/libs/web/luasrc/dispatcher.lua
@@ -385,11 +385,16 @@ function dispatch(request)
 			setfenv(target, env)
 		end)
 
+		local ok, err
 		if type(c.target) == "table" then
-			target(c.target, unpack(args))
+			ok, err = util.copcall(target, c.target, unpack(args))
 		else
-			target(unpack(args))
+			ok, err = util.copcall(target, unpack(args))
 		end
+		assert(ok,
+		       "Failed to execute " .. (type(c.target) == "function" and "function" or c.target.type or "unknown") ..
+		       " dispatcher target for entry '/" .. table.concat(request, "/") .. "'.\n" ..
+		       "The called action terminated with an exception:\n" .. tostring(err or "(unknown)"))
 	else
 		local root = node()
 		if not root or not root.target then
@@ -397,7 +402,7 @@ function dispatch(request)
 			         "Install luci-admin-full and retry. " ..
 			         "If the module is already installed, try removing the /tmp/luci-indexcache file.")
 		else
-			error404("No page is registered at '" .. table.concat(request, "/") .. "/'.\n" ..
+			error404("No page is registered at '/" .. table.concat(request, "/") .. "'.\n" ..
 			         "If this url belongs to an extension, make sure it is properly installed.\n" ..
 			         "If the extension was recently installed, try removing the /tmp/luci-indexcache file.")
 		end
@@ -477,11 +482,20 @@ function createindex_plain(path, suffixes)
 		end
 
 		local mod = require(modname)
+		assert(mod ~= true,
+		       "Invalid controller file found\n" ..
+		       "The file '" .. c .. "' contains an invalid module line.\n" ..
+		       "Please verify whether the module name is set to '" .. modname ..
+		       "' - It must correspond to the file path!")
+		
 		local idx = mod.index
+		assert(type(idx) == "function",
+		       "Invalid controller file found\n" ..
+		       "The file '" .. c .. "' contains no index() function.\n" ..
+		       "Please make sure that the controller contains a valid " ..
+		       "index function and verify the spelling!")
 
-		if type(idx) == "function" then
-			index[modname] = idx
-		end
+		index[modname] = idx
 	end
 
 	if indexcache then
diff --git a/libs/web/luasrc/template.lua b/libs/web/luasrc/template.lua
index 80a3206af..962c2ea88 100644
--- a/libs/web/luasrc/template.lua
+++ b/libs/web/luasrc/template.lua
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ function Template.__init__(self, name)
 
 		-- If we have no valid template throw error, otherwise cache the template
 		if not self.template then
-			error(err)
+			error("Failed to load template '" .. name .. "'.\n" ..
+			      "Error while parsing template '" .. sourcefile .. "'.\n" ..
+			      "A syntax error occured near '" ..
+			      (err or "(nil)"):gsub("\t", "\\t"):gsub("\n", "\\n") .. "'.")
 		else
 			self.cache[name] = self.template
 		end
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ function Template.render(self, scope)
 	-- Now finally render the thing
 	local stat, err = util.copcall(self.template)
 	if not stat then
-		error("Error in template %s: %s" % {self.name, err})
+		error("Failed to execute template '" .. self.name .. "'.\n" ..
+		      "A runtime error occured: " .. tostring(err or "(nil)"))
 	end
 end