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Any idea for a better error message for pkg_add ?
- To: misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org
- Subject: Any idea for a better error message for pkg_add ?
- From: Marc Espie <Marc_(_dot_)_Espie_(_at_)_liafa_(_dot_)_jussieu_(_dot_)_fr>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:43:01 +0200
- Mail-followup-to: misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org
tetto-~% pkg_add keep.tgz
tar: WARNING! These patterns were not matched:
+CONTENTS
pkg_add: tar extract of /home/espie/keep.tgz failed!
pkg_add: unable to extract table of contents file from `/home/espie/keep.tgz'
- not a package?
I find this to be pretty explicit: keep.tgz is not a package.
Any way to change the message so that clueless newbies will stop asking
again and again why pkg_add does not work on comp28.tgz ?
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Marc Espie
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