ansible-vault: missing editor message unclear

[tspivey]

Issue Type:

Bug Report

Ansible Version:

ansible 1.8.2
  configured module search path = None

Environment:

Running Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS.

Summary:

When ansible-vault invokes an editor, for example when creating a new file,
and that editor is not found,
the message presented is unclear about exactly what is going on.

Steps To Reproduce:

1. run: EDITOR=testing ansible-vault create test

Expected Results:

I expected ansible-vault to give me a bit more information to what was happening. For example, something like:

ERROR: Failed to launch editor: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Maybe even what editor it was trying to launch.

Actual Results:

tyler@ubuntu:~$ EDITOR=testing ansible-vault create test
Vault password:
Confirm Vault password:
ERROR: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

[jcranky]

Which ansible version includes this fix? I'm using ansible 2.0.1.0 and this is still happening. Took me a while to understand the problem.

[ssbarnea]

Such a joy, 3 guys spending 20 minutes before we found the same bug, a fully ansible experience.

[mrafieee]

JUST found never mind!

vim is the default editor!

how did you solve this?

I am running ansible 2.0.0.2 (detached HEAD 7de237c5a1) last updated 2016/04/14 11:13:26 (GMT -400)

and I have same proble in Debian stretch 9