[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #31946] Need better message when trying to remove system packages

[Orion Poplawski]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?31946>

                 Summary: Need better message when trying to remove system
packages
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: opoplawski
            Submitted on: Wed 22 Dec 2010 05:03:32 AM GMT
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Improvement/Optimization
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Orion Poplawski
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.3.54
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

When a user tries to remove a system installed octave package, they get:

octave:3> pkg uninstall octcdf
warning: some of the packages you want to uninstall are not installed

which is not very helpful.  If no package of that name is installed, I would
suggest:

warning: no package of that name installed.

If it was a system package:

warning: <package name> is a system installed package and cannot be removed
by a user





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