reassign 518098 bzr retitle 518098 bzr: Confusing error message if ‘python-pycurl’ not installed thanks
On 04-Mar-2009, Ben Finney wrote: > The ‘debian/control’ file lists a ‘Vcs-Bzr’ field with the value > ‘http://bzr.debian.org/pkg-bazaar/bzr-loom/experimental’. This URL is > not usable with Bazaar on Debian ‘squeeze’: > > ===== > bzr branch http://bzr.debian.org/pkg-bazaar/bzr-loom/experimental > Transport error: Server refuses to fullfil the request > ===== This message is very confusing; it indicates an error on the *server*. However, the error is on the client: > The Bazaar log file shows: > > ===== > 0.253 encoding stdout as sys.stdout encoding 'UTF-8' > 0.346 failed to import pycurl: No module named pycurl > 0.347 failed to instantiate transport <bzrlib.registry._LazyObjectGetter > object at 103b5300, module='bzrlib.transport.http._pycurl' > attribute='PyCurlTransport'> for > 'http://bzr.debian.org/pkg-bazaar/bzr-loom/experimental': > DependencyNotPresent() […] > TransportError: Transport error: Server refuses to fullfil the request > ===== This is because currently ‘bzr’ only lists ‘python-pycurl’ as a ‘Suggests’ relationship. This should instead be a ‘Recommends’, since a great many public branches have HTTP URLs. -- \ “If I melt dry ice, can I swim without getting wet?” —Steven | `\ Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney <b...@benfinney.id.au>
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