Improved message

Author: jgg
Date: 1999-10-27 05:00:25 GMT
Improved message

apt-pkg/acquire.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
 // Description								/*{{{*/
-// $Id: acquire.cc,v 1.41 1999/10/18 02:53:05 jgg Exp $
+// $Id: acquire.cc,v 1.42 1999/10/27 05:00:25 jgg Exp $
 /* ######################################################################
 
    Acquire - File Acquiration
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ pkgAcquire::pkgAcquire(pkgAcquireStatus *Log) : Log(Log)
    struct stat St;
    if (stat((_config->FindDir("Dir::State::lists") + "partial/").c_str(),&St) != 0 ||
        S_ISDIR(St.st_mode) == 0)
-      _error->Error("Lists directory %s/partial is missing",
+      _error->Error("Lists directory %s/partial is missing.",
 		    _config->FindDir("Dir::State::lists").c_str());
    if (stat((_config->FindDir("Dir::Cache::Archives") + "partial/").c_str(),&St) != 0 ||
        S_ISDIR(St.st_mode) == 0)
-      _error->Error("Archive directory %s/partial is missing",
+      _error->Error("Archive directory %s/partial is missing.",
 		    _config->FindDir("Dir::Cache::Archives").c_str());
 }
 									/*}}}*/

cmdline/apt-get.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
 // Description								/*{{{*/
-// $Id: apt-get.cc,v 1.85 1999/10/27 04:38:28 jgg Exp $
+// $Id: apt-get.cc,v 1.86 1999/10/27 05:00:25 jgg Exp $
 /* ######################################################################
    
    apt-get - Cover for dpkg
@@ -813,7 +813,8 @@ bool TryToInstall(pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg,pkgDepCache &Cache,
       {
 	 c1out << "Package " << Pkg.Name() << " has no available version, but exists in the database." << endl;
 	 c1out << "This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and " << endl;
-	 c1out << "never uploaded, or that it is an obsolete package." << endl;
+	 c1out << "never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents " << endl;
+	 c1out << "of sources.list" << endl;
 	 
 	 string List;
 	 pkgCache::DepIterator Dep = Pkg.RevDependsList();

debian/changelog

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ apt (0.3.13.1) unstable; urgency=low
   * Re-Install feature. Cloes: #46961, #37393, #38919
   * Locks archive directory on clean (woops)
   * Remove is not 'sticky'. Closes: #48392
+  * Slightly more accurate 'can not find package' message. Closes: #48311
   
  -- Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>  Fri,  3 Sep 1999 09:04:28 -0700