36756 – More newbie-proof, explanatory !!! ERROR messages

Bug 36756 - More newbie-proof, explanatory !!! ERROR messages

Summary: More newbie-proof, explanatory !!! ERROR messages

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Core - Interface (emerge) (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Portage team

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Reported:	2003-12-29 13:39 UTC by roger55 (RETIRED)
Modified:	2004-11-08 15:18 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description roger55 (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-12-29 13:39:34 UTC

Example newbie-paste from #gentoo:

<alice> !!! ERROR: media-libs/xine-lib-1_rc3-r1 failed.
<alice> !!! Parallel make failed
<alice> !!! Function src_compile, Line 121, Exitcode 2

Most people think this line 121 will give the info those "in the know" need to help solve the problem.

It would be nice to have a message like: "!!! Please look at the actual compile error in the lines above!"

(and don't blindly paste these !!! lines to #gentoo)

Thanks.

roger55



Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 roger55 (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-11-08 15:18:26 UTC

2.0.51 has nice more explanatory error messages, thanks genone.