[dpkg] 135/187: dpkg: Give more information on --set-selections warnings

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commit 4c379a6e218ad96185c2abdb074bf37def13dfd4
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Date:   Sun Oct 30 17:22:55 2016 +0100

    dpkg: Give more information on --set-selections warnings
    
    Mention that the package cannot be found on the status nor available
    database, and that to the FAQ.
    
    Closes: #842230
---
 debian/changelog | 1 +
 src/select.c     | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1758b55..0b51260 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ dpkg (1.18.11) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     nor log the remove action.
   * Remove default «.» from @INC before loading perl modules in perl code.
     Fixes CVE-2016-1238.
+  * Give more information on --set-selections warnings. Closes: #842230
   * Architecture support:
     - Add support for AIX operating system.
   * Portability:
diff --git a/src/select.c b/src/select.c
index 27d5307..8d88449 100644
--- a/src/select.c
+++ b/src/select.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ setselections(const char *const *argv)
     if (!pkg_is_informative(pkg, &pkg->installed) &&
         !pkg_is_informative(pkg, &pkg->available)) {
       db_possibly_outdated = true;
-      warning(_("package not in database at line %d: %.250s"), lno, namevb.buf);
+      warning(_("package not in status nor available database at line %d: %.250s"), lno, namevb.buf);
       continue;
     }
 
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ setselections(const char *const *argv)
 
   if (db_possibly_outdated)
     warning(_("found unknown packages; this might mean the available database\n"
-              "is outdated, and needs to be updated through a frontend method"));
+              "is outdated, and needs to be updated through a frontend method;\n"
+              "please see the FAQ <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ>"));
 
   return 0;
 }

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