Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:41:03 -0800 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@FreeBSD.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Better pkg bootstrapping instructions? Message-ID: <47E5B100-C392-4F2A-8AFD-069A3C2B9D75@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20130213102329.GE44004@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <6E30CAD7-182D-48BA-BFF2-E56547989902@freebsd.org> <20130213102329.GE44004@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:23 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > 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 Much better. Better still to mention the specific port name: pkg-mgmt/pkg (assuming that port name will be reasonably stable over time). Tim [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.18 (Darwin) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRHHjvAAoJEGMNyGo0rfFBrZQH/3/lh+MVFbDxX9bDJxxk103b O/lEbQ5rg0m+dQkJcp+t/rQUX7gqrwt/txlQrhQy4oWZj8ORqGZ3Cn5UfogxQm/3 1gPz0Q/UXT2roV/Bq/XxfkzrRgP5taRY7YgJEDWae0ipBVKzTMzQ4twUMGNlYHxV izKoVO6sX2M+1Xm0r8unEEGAf8pHWzXsnFTZX3yASVVRNd4ncRTUs5MIojAGDbLT 4ij0dsptPUvi3PBE3YsPA6XeAttRn24l/cNCAAO+nRS427S2SzkKVBdoeYaKEdld mUqggCRb8l3AHIssCR3xkl9uRFYlwMhPnoD8CpE9puVMZLFlDr86dGvoRrktQE0= =mZAf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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