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-rw-r--r--cmdline/apt-get.cc5
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-get.cc b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
index eb3ac425b..5a3275c15 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@ -2891,7 +2891,10 @@ bool DownloadChangelog(CacheFile &CacheFile, pkgAcquire &Fetcher,
return true;
// error
- return _error->Error("changelog download failed");
+ pkgRecords Recs(CacheFile);
+ pkgRecords::Parser &rec=Recs.Lookup(Ver.FileList());
+ string srcpkg = rec.SourcePkg().empty() ? Pkg.Name() : rec.SourcePkg();
+ return _error->Error("changelog for this version is not (yet) available; try https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/%s/+changelog", srcpkg.c_str());
}
/*}}}*/
// DisplayFileInPager - Display File with pager /*{{{*/
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3b2746e2d..e712d9144 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ apt (0.8.9ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* merged lp:~mvo/apt/mvo, this brings two new commands:
- apt-get download binary-pkgname to download a deb
- apt-get changelog binary-pkgname to display the changelog
+ * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
+ - if the changelog downlaod failed, do not show the generic error
+ but point to launchpad instead
-- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com> Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:58:08 +0100