More helpful error messages.

This commit is contained in:
jkh 1995-11-12 20:47:15 +00:00
parent 4a88ec3fc4
commit 0a33888934
4 changed files with 24 additions and 18 deletions

View File

@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
* This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
* generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
*
* $Id: index.c,v 1.18 1995/11/06 12:49:24 jkh Exp $
* $Id: index.c,v 1.19 1995/11/06 22:26:28 jkh Exp $
*
* Copyright (c) 1995
* Jordan Hubbard. All rights reserved.
@ -62,12 +62,13 @@ _strdup(char *ptr)
static char *descrs[] = {
"Package Selection", "To mark a package or select a category, move to it and press SPACE.\n"
"To unmark a package, press SPACE again. When you want to commit your\n"
"marks, press [ENTER]. To go to a previous menu, select UP item or Cancel.\n"
"To search for a package by name, press ESC.",
"To unmark a package, press SPACE again. When you want to commit your\n"
"marks, press [ENTER]. To go to a previous menu, select UP item or Cancel.\n"
"To search for a package by name, press ESC. To extract packages, you\n"
"should Cancel all the way out of any submenus and finally this menu.",
"Package Targets", "These are the packages you've selected for extraction.\n\n"
"If you're sure of these choices, select OK.\n"
"If not, select Cancel to go back to the package selection menu.\n",
"If you're sure of these choices, select OK.\n"
"If not, select Cancel to go back to the package selection menu.\n",
"All", "All available packages in all categories.",
"applications", "User application software.",
"archivers", "Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data.",

View File

@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
* This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
* generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
*
* $Id: package.c,v 1.25 1995/11/10 15:10:07 jkh Exp $
* $Id: package.c,v 1.26 1995/11/12 11:02:43 jkh Exp $
*
* Copyright (c) 1995
* Jordan Hubbard. All rights reserved.
@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ package_extract(Device *dev, char *name)
if (!variable_get(VAR_NO_CONFIRM))
msgConfirm("The package specified (%s) has no CONTENTS file. This means\n"
"that there was either a media error of some sort or the package\n"
"file itself is corrupted.\n"
"You may wish to look into this and try again.", name);
"file itself is corrupted. It is also possible that you simply\n"
"ran out of temporary space and need to go to the options editor\n"
"to select a package temp directory with more space. Either way,\n"
"you may wish to look into the problem and try again.", name);
else
msgNotify("The package specified (%s) has no CONTENTS file. Skipping.", name);
}

View File

@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
* This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
* generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
*
* $Id: index.c,v 1.18 1995/11/06 12:49:24 jkh Exp $
* $Id: index.c,v 1.19 1995/11/06 22:26:28 jkh Exp $
*
* Copyright (c) 1995
* Jordan Hubbard. All rights reserved.
@ -62,12 +62,13 @@ _strdup(char *ptr)
static char *descrs[] = {
"Package Selection", "To mark a package or select a category, move to it and press SPACE.\n"
"To unmark a package, press SPACE again. When you want to commit your\n"
"marks, press [ENTER]. To go to a previous menu, select UP item or Cancel.\n"
"To search for a package by name, press ESC.",
"To unmark a package, press SPACE again. When you want to commit your\n"
"marks, press [ENTER]. To go to a previous menu, select UP item or Cancel.\n"
"To search for a package by name, press ESC. To extract packages, you\n"
"should Cancel all the way out of any submenus and finally this menu.",
"Package Targets", "These are the packages you've selected for extraction.\n\n"
"If you're sure of these choices, select OK.\n"
"If not, select Cancel to go back to the package selection menu.\n",
"If you're sure of these choices, select OK.\n"
"If not, select Cancel to go back to the package selection menu.\n",
"All", "All available packages in all categories.",
"applications", "User application software.",
"archivers", "Utilities for archiving and unarchiving data.",

View File

@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
* This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
* generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
*
* $Id: package.c,v 1.25 1995/11/10 15:10:07 jkh Exp $
* $Id: package.c,v 1.26 1995/11/12 11:02:43 jkh Exp $
*
* Copyright (c) 1995
* Jordan Hubbard. All rights reserved.
@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ package_extract(Device *dev, char *name)
if (!variable_get(VAR_NO_CONFIRM))
msgConfirm("The package specified (%s) has no CONTENTS file. This means\n"
"that there was either a media error of some sort or the package\n"
"file itself is corrupted.\n"
"You may wish to look into this and try again.", name);
"file itself is corrupted. It is also possible that you simply\n"
"ran out of temporary space and need to go to the options editor\n"
"to select a package temp directory with more space. Either way,\n"
"you may wish to look into the problem and try again.", name);
else
msgNotify("The package specified (%s) has no CONTENTS file. Skipping.", name);
}