https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-stack/pull/2716/ broke commands
like:
```
python -m llama_stack.distribution.server.server --config
llama_stack/templates/starter/run.yaml
```
And will fail with:
```
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
File "/Users/leseb/Documents/AI/llama-stack/llama_stack/distribution/server/server.py", line 626, in <module>
main()
File "/Users/leseb/Documents/AI/llama-stack/llama_stack/distribution/server/server.py", line 402, in main
config_file = resolve_config_or_template(args.config, Mode.RUN)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/leseb/Documents/AI/llama-stack/llama_stack/distribution/utils/config_resolution.py", line 43, in resolve_config_or_template
config_path = Path(config_or_template)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.8/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/pathlib.py", line 1162, in __init__
super().__init__(*args)
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.8/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/pathlib.py", line 373, in __init__
raise TypeError(
TypeError: argument should be a str or an os.PathLike object where __fspath__ returns a str, not 'NoneType'
```
Complaining that no positional arguments are present.
We now honour the deprecation until --config and --template are removed
completely.
Signed-off-by: Sébastien Han <seb@redhat.com>
# What does this PR do?
Part of #2696
## Test Plan
Run `llama stack run starter`
Error:
```
myenv ❯ llama stack run starters
WARNING 2025-07-10 12:12:43,052 llama_stack.cli.stack.run:82 server: Conda detected. Using conda environment myenv for the run.
usage: llama stack run [-h] [--port PORT] [--image-name IMAGE_NAME] [--env KEY=VALUE]
[--image-type {conda,venv}] [--enable-ui]
[config | template]
llama stack run: error: Could not resolve config or template 'starters'.
Tried the following locations:
1. As file path: /Users/erichuang/projects/llama-stack-git/starters
2. As template: /Users/erichuang/projects/llama-stack-git/llama_stack/templates/starters/run.yaml
3. As built distribution: (/Users/erichuang/.llama/distributions/llamastack-starters/starters-run.yaml, /Users/erichuang/.llama/distributions/starters/starters-run.yaml)
Available templates: dell, test-env, vllm-gpu, test-template, cerebras, openai-api-verification, sambanova, passthrough, direct-config, together, openai, fireworks, meta-reference-gpu, __pycache__, dev, ollama, watsonx, remote-vllm, llama_api, groq, dummy, oracle, nvidia, ci-tests, postgres-demo, test-stack, bedrock, starter, hf-serverless, hf-endpoint, tgi, open-benchmark, verification
Did you mean one of these templates?
- starter
- together
- postgres-demo
```
