add validation to prevent users from being confused about format functionality

2026-09-24 00:41:41 -04:00 · 2018-12-05 15:57:45 -08:00
parent 963982a6a0
commit 0fe4d79bbf
1 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -167,7 +167,12 @@ func NewConfig(raws ...interface{}) (*Config, []string, error) {
 		}
 	}

-	if c.Format == "" {
+	if c.Format != "" {
+		if c.RemoteType != "esx5" {
+			errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(errs,
+				fmt.Errorf("format is only valid when RemoteType=esx5"))
+		}
+	} else {
 		c.Format = "ovf"
 	}