From 529a1949501116db3784211340e0d38627962d5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:31:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Upgrade apt message if no python-apt to intercept potential
 user questions.

---
 library/apt | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/library/apt b/library/apt
index 0909f3ead18..1bce1931b1a 100755
--- a/library/apt
+++ b/library/apt
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ APT_PATH = "/usr/bin/apt-get"
 APT = "DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical %s" % APT_PATH
 
 def debug(msg):
-    # ansible ignores stderr, so it's safe to use for debug
     print >>sys.stderr, msg
-    #pass
     
 def exit_json(rc=0, **kwargs):
     print json.dumps(kwargs)
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ def fail_json(**kwargs):
 try:
     import apt
 except ImportError:
-    fail_json(msg="could not import apt")
+    fail_json(msg="could not import apt, please install the python-apt package on this host")
 
 def run_apt(command):
     try: