From 08b0b6de96243a67b6db095f760e0c2b22ef4536 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Gregory Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 20:42:01 -0500 Subject: add detail to broken dependency errors The difference between a sync target having an unmet dependency and breaking a dependency for an installed package is a common source of confusion. Signed-off-by: Andrew Gregory Signed-off-by: Allan McRae --- src/pacman/remove.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'src/pacman/remove.c') diff --git a/src/pacman/remove.c b/src/pacman/remove.c index 069f2363..e41e7f52 100644 --- a/src/pacman/remove.c +++ b/src/pacman/remove.c @@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ int pacman_remove(alpm_list_t *targets) for(i = data; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) { alpm_depmissing_t *miss = i->data; char *depstring = alpm_dep_compute_string(miss->depend); - colon_printf(_("%s: requires %s\n"), miss->target, depstring); + colon_printf(_("%s: removing %s breaks dependency '%s'\n"), + miss->target, miss->causingpkg, depstring); free(depstring); alpm_depmissing_free(miss); } -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b