Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:23:29 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Better pkg bootstrapping instructions? Message-ID: <20130213102329.GE44004@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <6E30CAD7-182D-48BA-BFF2-E56547989902@freebsd.org> References: <6E30CAD7-182D-48BA-BFF2-E56547989902@freebsd.org>
index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail
[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 09:46:41PM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Especially on -CURRENT, it's not going to be uncommon > to see things like this: > > The package management tool is not yet installed on your system. > Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y > Bootstrapping pkg please wait > _http._tcp.pkg.FreeBSD.org > pkg: Error fetching http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:10:arm:32:el:oabi:softfp/latest/Latest/pkg.txz: Not Found > > It would be nice if the next line said: > "A pre-built version of pkg could not be found for your system." > "Please install it from source using the ports-mgmt/pkg port." > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Would this fit, in particular the wording? http://people.freebsd.org/~bapt/pkg-better-errmsg.diff regards, Bapt [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlEbaaEACgkQ8kTtMUmk6Ex8KgCfePCP0XPqW/Hc6orJDBufoOdE 0cYAn2+ZX8nZpIly+/hiX/yezW4L7osJ =qknh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20130213102329.GE44004>