* Clearer error message in place of "...has no availabl...

Author: mdz
Date: 2004-01-09 07:32:39 GMT
* Clearer error message in place of "...has no available version, but
exists in the database" (Closes: #212203)

diff --git a/cmdline/apt-get.cc b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
index 7b4e732d72ba132b9a80d90f51deacf77e224e70..3ac21347feaeeed5d7925844739d785f637f2efc 100644 (file)
--- a/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
 // Description                                                         /*{{{*/
-// $Id: apt-get.cc,v 1.151 2004/01/09 07:14:28 mdz Exp $
+// $Id: apt-get.cc,v 1.152 2004/01/09 07:32:39 mdz Exp $
 /* ######################################################################
    
    apt-get - Cover for dpkg
@@ -1037,10 +1037,9 @@ bool TryToInstall(pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg,pkgDepCache &Cache,
       else
       {
         ioprintf(c1out,
-        _("Package %s has no available version, but exists in the database.\n"
-          "This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and\n"
-          "never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents\n"
-          "of sources.list\n"),Pkg.Name());
+        _("Package %s is not available, but is referred to by another package.\n"
+          "This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or\n"
+           "is only available from another source\n"),Pkg.Name());
         
         string List;
         string VersionsList;

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 872d29cc3606253e518ee2a8cf76dca854f8cc99..f35314d76e48fd0ecd4ead67979ac20c49fb22b2 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ apt (0.5.21) unstable; urgency=low
   * Add colons to apt-get's "kept back"/"upgraded"/"downgraded" messages
     (Closes: #226813)
   * Fix typo in apt-cache(8) (Closes: #226351)
+  * Clearer error message in place of "...has no available version, but
+    exists in the database" (Closes: #212203)
 
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