Refer people to the help pages on failure to load the database.
diff --git a/Mac/Tools/IDE/PackageManager.py b/Mac/Tools/IDE/PackageManager.py
index 4732977..de56d59 100755
--- a/Mac/Tools/IDE/PackageManager.py
+++ b/Mac/Tools/IDE/PackageManager.py
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@
try:
self.pimpdb.appendURL(url)
except IOError, arg:
- return "Cannot open %s: %s" % (url, arg)
+ rv = "Cannot open %s: %s\n" % (url, arg)
+ rv += "\nSee MacPython Package Manager help page."
+ return rv
# Check whether we can write the installation directory.
# If not, set to the per-user directory, possibly
# creating it, if needed.