items: Improve ItemCache exception message

3 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/rtemsspec/items.py b/rtemsspec/items.py
index 06c13525..cdcf451d 100644
--- a/rtemsspec/items.py
+++ b/rtemsspec/items.py
@@ -234,8 +234,13 @@ class Item:
     def init_parents(self, item_cache: "ItemCache"):
         """ Initializes the list of links to parents of this items. """
         for data in self._data["links"]:
-            link = Link(item_cache[self.to_abs_uid(data["uid"])], data)
-            self._links_to_parents.append(link)
+            try:
+                link = Link(item_cache[self.to_abs_uid(data["uid"])], data)
+                self._links_to_parents.append(link)
+            except KeyError as err:
+                msg = (f"item '{self.uid}' links "
+                       f"to non-existing item '{data['uid']}'")
+                raise KeyError(msg) from err
 
     def add_link_to_child(self, link: Link):
         """ Adds a link to a child item of this items. """
diff --git a/rtemsspec/tests/spec-item-cache-2/a.yml b/rtemsspec/tests/spec-item-cache-2/a.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5b8c7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rtemsspec/tests/spec-item-cache-2/a.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+links:
+- uid: nix
diff --git a/rtemsspec/tests/test_items_itemcache.py b/rtemsspec/tests/test_items_itemcache.py
index 678ae2b2..62aab04e 100644
--- a/rtemsspec/tests/test_items_itemcache.py
+++ b/rtemsspec/tests/test_items_itemcache.py
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ def test_load(tmpdir):
     assert item_cache_3["/d/c"]["v"] == "x"
 
 
+def test_load_link_error(tmpdir):
+    config = create_item_cache_config_and_copy_spec(tmpdir,
+                                                    "spec-item-cache-2")
+    with pytest.raises(
+            KeyError,
+            match=r"^\"item '/a' links to non-existing item 'nix'\"$"):
+        ItemCache(config)
+
+
 class Mapper(ItemMapper):
     def __init__(self, item):
         super().__init__(item)