David Axmark wrote: > On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 22:12 -0800, Monty Taylor wrote: >> Monty Taylor wrote: > >>>> [msa...@fedoradev local-bugs]$ rpm -qa | grep zlib >>>> zlib-1.2.3-18.fc9.i386 >>> You need zlib-devel >> This is a common misunderstanding from people... should I change the >> error message for these to something like: >> >> "libz is required for Drizzle. On RedHat this is found in the zlib-devel >> package, on Debian it's in zlib1g-dev." >> >> Or does everyone think that a FAQ entry would suffice? > > +1 for verbose error message with real information! > > (but maybe the error message should be marked as containing external > info that may change even if drizzle does not).
Indeed. This is done now in the tree with hardcoded packages. I like David's suggestion of having the info be a little bit more maleable or something. Monty _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
