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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc b/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
index 44a84216a..de62080da 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
@@ -109,7 +109,12 @@ bool pkgAcquire::Worker::Start()
// Get the method path
string Method = _config->FindDir("Dir::Bin::Methods") + Access;
if (FileExists(Method) == false)
- return _error->Error(_("The method driver %s could not be found."),Method.c_str());
+ {
+ _error->Error(_("The method driver %s could not be found."),Method.c_str());
+ if (Access == "https")
+ _error->Notice(_("Is the package %s installed?"), "apt-transport-https");
+ return false;
+ }
if (Debug == true)
clog << "Starting method '" << Method << '\'' << endl;
@@ -563,7 +568,7 @@ bool pkgAcquire::Worker::InFdReady()
/*}}}*/
// Worker::MethodFailure - Called when the method fails /*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* This is called when the method is belived to have failed, probably because
+/* This is called when the method is believed to have failed, probably because
read returned -1. */
bool pkgAcquire::Worker::MethodFailure()
{