conf: error handling if no no section headers

diff --git a/gitbuildsys/conf.py b/gitbuildsys/conf.py
index 3d9487d..8ce768b 100644 (file)
--- a/gitbuildsys/conf.py
+++ b/gitbuildsys/conf.py
@@ -293,7 +293,10 @@ distconf = $build__distconf
         self.replaced_keys = defaultdict(list)
 
         if fpaths:
-            self.cfgparser.read(fpaths)
+            try:
+                self.cfgparser.read(fpaths)
+            except MissingSectionHeaderError, err:
+                raise errors.ConfigError('config file error:%s' % err)
             self._check_passwd()
 
     def _lookfor_confs(self):