| Summary: | app-crypt/truecrypt-7.1a message about manual downloading is a bit misleading | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Róbert Čerňanský <openhs> |
| Component: | New packages | Assignee: | Dane Smith (RETIRED) <c1pher> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | enhancement | CC: | crypto+disabled |
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
Fixed in CVS. |
The fetch restriction message for truecrypt-7.1a says: * Fetch failed for 'app-crypt/truecrypt-7.1a' * Please download truecrypt-7.1a-linux-{86,64}.tar.gz source from: * http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads2 * Then put the file in /usr/portage/distfiles/truecrypt-7.1a.tar.gz I'm not sure if it is just me but I find the part "Please download truecrypt-7.1a-linux-{86,64}.tar.gz ..." misleading. Every time truecrypt is updated I happen to download several binary packages truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x{64,86}.tar.gz, console ones etc. just to finally find out that what I need is "TrueCrypt 7.1a Source.tar.gz". I reckon that the message mention to download _source_ and points to .../downloads2 where only the source can be found but still, if the message would not contain the _binary_ package name, its clarity would be improved. It could be reworded for example like this: "Please download the linux source package for TrueCrypt 7.1a from: ..." or "Please download the linux source package "TrueCrypt 7.1a Source.tar.gz" from: ..." Many Thanks