#331: pkg-config error messages could be better ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.4.0.1 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by joe): Replying to [comment:2 duncan]:
They've probably never heard of pkg-config and do not know what it does.
True. (I did not.) But phrasing it as "pkg-config --modversion" gives the user the hint that it's an executable (with a man page). The long version would have pointed me in the right direction too. Either way, I think it's worthwhile to cite the exact command Cabal ran. This gives the user a starting place for troubleshooting if there is a problem with the user's system installation or they're on an unusual platform, eg. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/331#comment:3 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects