[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #305: Machine entry in defs.local.ini but not in mdb leads to bad error message

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#305: Machine entry in defs.local.ini but not in mdb leads to bad error message
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 Reporter:  hinder      |       Owner:  mthomas
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  minor       |   Milestone:         
Component:  SimFactory  |     Version:         
 Keywords:              |  
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 If I have an entry for my local machine in defs.local.ini but I do not
 have an mdb file for it, I get the following error:

   MacBook:llama ian$ sim2 sync datura
   Error: required key basedir in section macbook is missing

 This does not tell me what the problem is.  I would expect to get the same
 error as when the section is not present:

 MacBook:llama ian$ sim2 sync damiana
 Unknown machine name macbook
 Info: Simfactory command: simfactory2/bin/../lib/sim.py "sync" "damiana"
 Info: Version 1230
 The Simulation Factory: Manage Cactus simulations

 Info: defs: /Users/ian/Cactus/llama/simfactory2/etc/defs.ini
 Info: defs.local: /Users/ian/Cactus/llama/simfactory2/etc/defs.local.ini
 Error: Unknown local machine macbook. Please use 'sim setup' to create a
 local machine entry from the generic template.

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