[ubuntu-dev] Bug#613101: Bug#613101: ubuntu-dev-tools: Better error message for recommended packages that aren't installed

[Stefano Rivera]

Hi Nelson (2011.02.13_00:47:05_+0200)
> > I have fixed dgetlp, import-bug-from-debian, and suspicious-source.
> > Please let us know if there are more failures caused by not installed
> > recommends.

We now have warnings for all the Python modules in Recommends/Suggests,
but not the other packages, e.g. bzr, ca-certificates.
Those are harder to solve.

> $ grab-merge
> mkdir: missing operand
> Try `mkdir --help' for more information.

Fixed in r1023.

> $ pull-revu-source
> Can't locate LWP/Simple.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl
> /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5
> /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10
> /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/bin/pull-revu-source line 24.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/pull-revu-source line 24.

Fixed in r1025.

> Maybe a help/example/synopsys here for ubuntu-iso?

It's not the only one. From ubuntutools/test/test_help.py:
BLACKLIST = {
    'check-mir': 'No Help',
    'check-symbols': 'No Help',
    'edit-patch': 'No Help',
    'get-build-deps': 'No Help, runs sudo',
    'grep-merges': 'No Help',
    'lp-project-upload': 'Returns non-zero after help. '
                         'Leaving u-d-t in LP: #524680',
    'mk-sbuild': 'Fires up apt-get before showing help',
    'pbuilder-dist-simple': 'No Help',
    'setup-packaging-environment': 'Throws Error',
    'submittodebian': 'No Help',
    'ubuntu-iso': 'No Help',
}

SR

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