From 82b06436b4b563a85e70f3fcc610959482f08e91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 02:00:01 +0200 Subject: =?UTF-8?q?daemon:=20Clarify=20=E2=80=98--check=E2=80=99=20error?= =?UTF-8?q?=20when=20outputs=20are=20missing.?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Drop the confusing ‘invalid’ jargon and display a hint like we do for ‘--fallback’. * nix/libstore/build.cc (DerivationGoal::outputsSubstituted): Rewrite error message. --- nix/libstore/build.cc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'nix') diff --git a/nix/libstore/build.cc b/nix/libstore/build.cc index 9305208009..006e4ebbbb 100644 --- a/nix/libstore/build.cc +++ b/nix/libstore/build.cc @@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::outputsSubstituted() return; } if (buildMode == bmCheck && nrInvalid > 0) - throw Error(format("some outputs of `%1%' are not valid, so checking is not possible") % drvPath); + throw Error(format("`%1%' is missing outputs; build it normally before using `--check'") % drvPath); /* Otherwise, at least one of the output paths could not be produced using a substitute. So we have to build instead. */ -- cgit v1.2.3