From 992feab697ee51d9bd89e693c5106c6cbf0b0a12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Richardson <corey@octayn.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 00:11:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add a hint when given --extern with an indeterminate type

@ubsan brought up this relatively poor error message. This adds a
help message hinting when the problem actually is, and how to fix
it.
---
 src/librustc_metadata/loader.rs | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/librustc_metadata/loader.rs b/src/librustc_metadata/loader.rs
index 81788e08c7ef2..d1892b87f8bcc 100644
--- a/src/librustc_metadata/loader.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_metadata/loader.rs
@@ -664,6 +664,8 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                 }
                 sess.err(&format!("extern location for {} is of an unknown type: {}",
                                  self.crate_name, loc.display()));
+                sess.help(&format!("file name should be lib*.rlib or {}*.{}",
+                                   dylibname.0, dylibname.1));
                 false
             });