On 1/17/2012 2:31 PM, Graham Leggett wrote: > On 17 Jan 2012, at 10:07 PM, Eric Covener wrote: > >> * Are we committed to providing the -deps for 2.4's lifetime, or would >> we doc it with some weasel language? >> >> * Does anyone care if we're not committed to it and just change the >> doc when we change our mind and stop providing a deps tarball? > > The simplest fix for this issue is to modify the "file not found" error > message to say something sensible about requiring the -deps package.
make -F makefile.win emits this very sort of message, pointing the user to obtain the right package.
