error-handler: added er.parent to ETARGET error

npm · Feb 27, 2015 · 9748d5c · 9748d5c
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commit 9748d5c
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/utils/error-handler.js b/lib/utils/error-handler.js
@@ -304,11 +304,15 @@ function errorHandler (er) {
     break
 
   case "ETARGET":
-    log.error("notarget", [er.message
+    var msg = [er.message
               ,"This is most likely not a problem with npm itself."
               ,"In most cases you or one of your dependencies are requesting"
               ,"a package version that doesn't exist."
-              ].join("\n"))
+              ]
+      if (er.parent) {
+        msg.push("\nIt was specified as a dependency of '"+er.parent+"'\n")
+      }
+      log.error("notarget", msg.join("\n"))
     break
 
   case "ENOTSUP":