improve 'error' message for packages which are only referenced

[apt.git] / cmdline / apt-get.cc

diff --git a/cmdline/apt-get.cc b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
index 42a3929d6d59dec1023e68d5954231ddfd560137..f4ad75d1c5ba4a820d7a752e9cd3cc5c4cfe1973 100644 (file)
--- a/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@ -713,11 +713,32 @@ public:
        }
 
        virtual pkgCache::VerIterator canNotFindNewestVer(pkgCacheFile &Cache, pkgCache::PkgIterator const &Pkg) {
-               APT::VersionSet const verset = tryVirtualPackage(Cache, Pkg, APT::VersionSet::NEWEST);
-               if (verset.empty() == false)
-                       return *(verset.begin());
-               if (ShowError == true)
-                       ioprintf(out, _("Virtual packages like '%s' can't be removed\n"), Pkg.FullName(true).c_str());
+               if (Pkg->ProvidesList != 0)
+               {
+                       APT::VersionSet const verset = tryVirtualPackage(Cache, Pkg, APT::VersionSet::NEWEST);
+                       if (verset.empty() == false)
+                               return *(verset.begin());
+                       if (ShowError == true)
+                               ioprintf(out, _("Virtual packages like '%s' can't be removed\n"), Pkg.FullName(true).c_str());
+               }
+               else
+               {
+                       pkgCache::GrpIterator Grp = Pkg.Group();
+                       pkgCache::PkgIterator P = Grp.PackageList();
+                       for (; P.end() != true; P = Grp.NextPkg(P))
+                       {
+                               if (P == Pkg)
+                                       continue;
+                               if (P->CurrentVer != 0) {
+                                       // TRANSLATORS: Note, this is not an interactive question
+                                       ioprintf(c1out,_("Package '%s' is not installed, so not removed. Did you mean '%s'?\n"),
+                                                Pkg.FullName(true).c_str(), P.FullName(true).c_str());
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       if (P.end() == true)
+                               ioprintf(c1out,_("Package '%s' is not installed, so not removed\n"),Pkg.FullName(true).c_str());
+               }
                return pkgCache::VerIterator(Cache, 0);
        }