Better error message for cygwin DNS issuev0.1.27-7

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index 794af4309..85ef254c4 100755
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -91,9 +91,20 @@ function errorHandler (er) {
     return rm(npm.tmp, function (er) { process.exit(0) })
   }
   log.error(er)
-  log.error("try running: 'npm help "+command+"'")
-  log.error("Report this *entire* log at <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>")
-  log.error("or email it to <npm-@googlegroups.com>")
+  if (er.message.trim() === "ECONNREFUSED, Could not contact DNS servers") {
+    log.error(["If you are using Cygwin, please set up your /etc/resolv.conf"
+              ,"See step 3 in this wiki page:"
+              ,"    http://github.com/ry/node/wiki/Building-node.js-on-Cygwin-%28Windows%29"
+              ,"If you are not using Cygwin, please report this"
+              ,"at <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>"
+              ,"or email it to <npm-@googlegroups.com>"
+              ].join("\n"))
+  } else {
+    log.error(["try running: 'npm help "+command+"'"
+              ,"Report this *entire* log at <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>"
+              ,"or email it to <npm-@googlegroups.com>"
+              ].join("\n"))
+  }
   rm(npm.tmp, function (er) { process.exit(1) })
 }