Improve error message for conflicting priorities
I find the error message 'nix-env --set-flag priority NUMBER PKGNAME' not as helpful as it could be : - doesn't share the current priorities - doesn't say that the command must be run on the already installed PKGNAME (which is confusing the first time) - the doc needs careful reading: "If there are multiple derivations matching a name in args that have the same name (e.g., gcc-3.3.6 and gcc-4.1.1), then the derivation with the highest priority is used." if one stops reading there, he is screwed. Salvation comes with reading "A derivation can define a priority by declaring the meta.priority attribute. This attribute should be a number, with a higher value denoting a lower priority. The default priority is 0." To sum it up, lower number wins. I tried to convey this idea in the message too.
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auto prevPriority = priorities[dstFile];
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auto prevPriority = priorities[dstFile];
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if (prevPriority == priority)
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if (prevPriority == priority)
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throw Error(format(
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throw Error(format(
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"collision between '%1%' and '%2%'; "
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"Packages '%1%' and '%2%' have the same priority '%3%'"
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"use 'nix-env --set-flag priority NUMBER PKGNAME' "
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"use 'nix-env --set-flag priority NUMBER INSTALLED_PKGNAME' "
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"to change the priority of one of the conflicting packages"
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"to change the priority of one of the conflicting packages"
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) % srcFile % target);
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" ('0' being the highest priority)"
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) % srcFile % target % priority);
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if (prevPriority < priority)
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if (prevPriority < priority)
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continue;
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continue;
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if (unlink(dstFile.c_str()) == -1)
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if (unlink(dstFile.c_str()) == -1)
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