id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
8978	python manage.py dbshell unhelpful error when postgresql-client not installed	Aaron C. de Bruyn	Adrian Holovaty	"If you try to start a dbshell and don't have the postgresql client installed, you get an unhelpful error message:

{{{
aaron@hoth:~/code/sfd$ ./manage.py dbshell
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""./manage.py"", line 11, in <module>
    execute_manager(settings)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 340, in execute_manager
    utility.execute()
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 295, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py"", line 77, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py"", line 96, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py"", line 178, in handle
    return self.handle_noargs(**options)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/dbshell.py"", line 10, in handle_noargs
    connection.client.runshell()
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/backends/postgresql/client.py"", line 17, in runshell
    os.execvp('psql', args)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py"", line 353, in execvp
    _execvpe(file, args)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py"", line 389, in _execvpe
    func(fullname, *argrest)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

}}}"		closed	Core (Management commands)	1.0		fixed			Accepted	0	0	0	0	0	0