[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #56351] pkg: missing dependencies error message could be clearer

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56351>

                 Summary: pkg: missing dependencies error message could be
clearer
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Sun 19 May 2019 01:10:01 PM PDT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 2 - Minor
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 5.1.0
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

The pkg function prints the following error message when the user installs a
package that depends on another package that is not yet installed (or is too
old)


error: the following dependencies were unsatisfied:
   parallel needs struct >= 1.0.12


This error message could use some small tweaking, without making it too much
longer, to help users that are unfamiliar with the 'pkg' command or the Octave
Forge packages in general.

For example, maybe something like this?


error: the following packages are missing, please install them with "pkg
install -forge"
    parallel depends on struct (>= 1.0.12)


Of course, a package dependency may not be installable with "-forge", so that
advice is not completely honest.

Other ideas?

_Motivated by feedback on
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-octave/2019-05/msg00120.html_




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