* better error string for a failed dpkg-source

diff --git a/cmdline/apt-get.cc b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
index 7e079b91c7da866a38d3cfd00474de65432d56b5..ac931373ddd42b877698870ba6b57fca4c34f1c7 100644 (file)
--- a/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@ -2013,6 +2013,7 @@ bool DoSource(CommandLine &CmdL)
            if (system(S) != 0)
            {
               fprintf(stderr,_("Unpack command '%s' failed.\n"),S);
+              fprintf(stderr,_("Check if the 'dpkg-dev' package is installed.\n");
               _exit(1);
            }       
         }

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f83747a0f006ebfc1289a32117c173302dcd0065..9194b8a139f87f74165b33481d42337e8ce78251 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ apt (0.6.41.1) unstable; urgency=low
     - unmount the cdrom when apt failed to locate any package files
   * allow cdrom failures and fallback to other sources in that case
     (closes: #44135)
+  * better error text when dpkg-source fails 
 
  -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:45:53 +0200