From 9f63e73418261174c70d0cab57a9e906c5ad2b29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pim van Pelt <pim@ipng.ch>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 18:14:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Address missing or incorrect YAML at startup

---
 vppcfg/_version.py | 2 +-
 vppcfg/vppcfg.py   | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vppcfg/_version.py b/vppcfg/_version.py
index 31079f3..3c0338a 100644
--- a/vppcfg/_version.py
+++ b/vppcfg/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version information for vppcfg."""
 
-__version__ = "1.1.4"
+__version__ = "1.1.5"
diff --git a/vppcfg/vppcfg.py b/vppcfg/vppcfg.py
index ee12ecc..e994aa3 100755
--- a/vppcfg/vppcfg.py
+++ b/vppcfg/vppcfg.py
@@ -241,6 +241,13 @@ def main():
     except OSError as err:
         logging.error(f"Couldn't read config from {args.config}: {err}")
         sys.exit(-1)
+    except yaml.YAMLError as err:
+        logging.error(f"Couldn't parse YAML from {args.config}: {err}")
+        sys.exit(-1)
+
+    if cfg is None:
+        logging.error(f"Config file {args.config} is empty")
+        sys.exit(-1)
 
     validator = Validator(schema=args.schema)
     if not validator.valid_config(cfg):