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-rw-r--r--bdep/project.cxx6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bdep/project.cxx b/bdep/project.cxx
index 9803405..7321cc4 100644
--- a/bdep/project.cxx
+++ b/bdep/project.cxx
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ namespace bdep
package_info pi (package_b_info (o, d, b_info_flags::none));
if (pi.version.empty ())
- fail << "package in directory " << d << " does not use standard version";
+ fail << "package in directory " << d << " does not use standard version" <<
+ info << "perhaps the package does not load the version module?";
return move (pi.version);
}
@@ -549,6 +550,7 @@ namespace bdep
fail << "name mismatch for package " << p;
if (pi.version.empty ())
- fail << "package " << p << " does not use standard version";
+ fail << "package " << p << " does not use standard version" <<
+ info << "perhaps the package does not load the version module?";
}
}