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authorMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2005-09-16 11:46:43 +0000
committerMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2005-09-16 11:46:43 +0000
commitceb00be9927199c067827a630ddc254149afcb57 (patch)
tree57c16555cb2162679ebe444ab331fccb4fdb7074
parent2c3ba9bb76eb4db943b51df702523e62051f2400 (diff)
* better error string for a failed dpkg-source
-rw-r--r--cmdline/apt-get.cc1
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog1
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-get.cc b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
index 7e079b91c..ac931373d 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@ -2013,6 +2013,7 @@ bool DoSource(CommandLine &CmdL)
if (system(S) != 0)
{
fprintf(stderr,_("Unpack command '%s' failed.\n"),S);
+ fprintf(stderr,_("Check if the 'dpkg-dev' package is installed.\n");
_exit(1);
}
}
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f83747a0f..9194b8a13 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ apt (0.6.41.1) unstable; urgency=low
- unmount the cdrom when apt failed to locate any package files
* allow cdrom failures and fallback to other sources in that case
(closes: #44135)
+ * better error text when dpkg-source fails
-- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com> Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:45:53 +0200