Better box verification/error messages.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## 0.6.7 (unreleased)
 
+  - Added validation to verify that a box is specified.
   - Proper error message when box is not found for `config.vm.box`. [GH-195]
   - Fix output of `vagrant status` with multi-vm to be correct. [GH-196]
 

lib/vagrant/config/vm.rb

@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ module Vagrant
           end
         end
 
+        errors.add(I18n.t("vagrant.config.vm.box_missing")) if !box
+        errors.add(I18n.t("vagrant.config.vm.box_not_found", :name => box)) if box && !box_url && !env.box
         errors.add(I18n.t("vagrant.config.vm.boot_mode_invalid")) if ![:vrdp, :gui].include?(boot_mode.to_sym)
-        errors.add(I18n.t("vagrant.config.vm.base_mac_invalid")) if !base_mac
+        errors.add(I18n.t("vagrant.config.vm.base_mac_invalid")) if env.box && !base_mac
       end
     end
   end

lib/vagrant/environment.rb

@@ -121,9 +121,7 @@ module Vagrant
     #
     # @return [Box]
     def box
-      result = boxes.find(config.vm.box)
-      raise Errors::BoxNotFound, :name => config.vm.box if vm && !result
-      result
+      boxes.find(config.vm.box)
     end
 
     # Returns the VMs associated with this environment.

templates/locales/en.yml

@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ en:
       vm:
         base_mac_invalid: "Base MAC address for eth0/NAT must be set. Contact box maintainer for more information."
         boot_mode_invalid: "Boot mode must be one of: vrdp or gui"
+        box_missing: "A box must be specified."
+        box_not_found: "The box '%{name}' could not be found."
         shared_folder_hostpath_missing: "Shared folder host path for '%{name}' doesn't exist: %{path}"
 
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