Bug#544994: apt-ftparchive: "generate" fails with unclear error message when component is not found

[Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>]

[Yann Dirson 2009-10-04]
> This tells that one component listed in
> APT::FTPArchive::Release::Components was not found in the pool, and the
> error message should make that clear.

Definitely.  I ran into the same problem, and had to use strace like you
suggested to figure out which directory was missing. 

A better error message with the path that failed would have saved me
a google search and an strace. :)

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen