Improve some of the error messages in the kickstart script. (#15061)
Austin S. Hemmelgarn committed
May 30, 2023 at 12:54 UTC
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packaging/installer/kickstart.sh
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@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ confirm_root_support() {
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fi
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if [ -z "${ROOTCMD}" ]; then
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- fatal "We need root privileges to continue, but cannot find a way to gain them (we support sudo, doas, and pkexec). Either re-run this script as root, or set \$ROOTCMD to a command that can be used to gain root privileges." F0201
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+ fatal "This script needs root privileges to install Netdata, but cannot find a way to gain them (we support sudo, doas, and pkexec). Either re-run this script as root, or set \$ROOTCMD to a command that can be used to gain root privileges." F0201
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fi
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fi
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}
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ common_dnf_opts() {
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}
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try_package_install() {
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- failed_refresh_msg="Failed to refresh repository metadata. ${BADNET_MSG} or by misconfiguration of one or more rpackage repositories in the system package manager configuration."
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+ failed_refresh_msg="Failed to refresh repository metadata. ${BADNET_MSG} or incompatibilities with one or more third-party package repositories in the system package manager configuration."
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if [ -z "${DISTRO_COMPAT_NAME}" ] || [ "${DISTRO_COMPAT_NAME}" = "unknown" ]; then
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warning "Unable to determine Linux distribution for native packages."
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ try_package_install() {
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if [ -n "${repo_subcmd}" ]; then
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# shellcheck disable=SC2086
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if ! run_as_root env ${env} ${pm_cmd} ${repo_subcmd} ${repo_update_opts}; then
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- fatal "${failed_refresh_msg}" F0205
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+ fatal "${failed_refresh_msg} In most cases, disabling any third-party repositories on the system and re-running the installer with the same options should work. If that does not work, consider using a static build with the --static-only option instead of native packages." F0205
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fi
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fi
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else