From: Matthias Maier <tamiko@43-1.org>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:02:37 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: add a helpful error message
X-Git-Tag: v9.2.0-rc1~81^2~2
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0d95c7a8eccbf3daf8c00e2fd98959e90a81f9d3;p=dealii.git

add a helpful error message
---

diff --git a/contrib/utilities/query_testsuite b/contrib/utilities/query_testsuite
index b69414c281..ce5b6dea38 100755
--- a/contrib/utilities/query_testsuite
+++ b/contrib/utilities/query_testsuite
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ until [[ "$*" == "" ]]; do
   shift
 done
 
+if [ -z "$(command -v jq)" ]; then
+  echo "Error: need jq executable in path"
+  echo "Please install jq (sudo apt install jq, sudo yum install jq)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 query_testsuite() {
 
   echo "| Host | Configuration | Commit | Build errors | Build warnings | Failing tests | Passing tests |"