Re: Thoughts on new messages?
>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:
Jason> I've fiddled around with adding more informative messages,
Jason> you think this is going too far?
Jason> Wakko{jgg}~/work/apt/build/bin#./apt-get install eterm
Jason> Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependancy
Jason> Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may
Jason> mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if
Jason> you are using the unstable distribution that some required
Jason> packages have not yet been created.
Excellent. I'd add ".. or they have not been propagated to your
mirror from the Incoming queue on the master Debian server."
Jason> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely
Jason> likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug
Jason> report against that package should be filed. The following
Jason> information may help to resolve the situation
(add a colon there at the end)
Jason> Wakko{jgg}~/work/apt/build/bin#./apt-get install
Jason> mail-transport-agent Reading Package Lists... Done Building
Jason> Dependancy Tree... Done Package mail-transport-agent is a
Jason> virtual package provided by: exim 1.92-3 [Installed]
Jason> zmailer 2.99.49.9-2 ssmtp 2.29-1 smail 3.2.0.102-1 sendmail
Jason> 8.9.1-9 exim 2.04-3 E: Package mail-transport-agent has no
Jason> installation candidate
Add a little information here explaining this, saying "There's
no way APT can choose one of these for you."
You could also use this information when a broken package doesn't
list a preferred dependancy when it depends on a virtual package
but no real alternative.
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