Better error message when ./release.sh fails

diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index f1eacc2c27cf98e4f9482b40cf3be66fb25e97ba..8164f049048c84b3f4d0d5825e74c4e44e5df1d0 100755 (executable)
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ fi
 
 if ! ( cd build && SOURCEONLY=1 ./build.sh "$CRATE" $VER ); then
        revert_git_changes
-       abort 1 "Release attempt detected build-dependencies not in Debian (see messages above), release those first."
+       abort 1 "Release attempt failed (see messages above), possible reasons are: " \
+               "- build-dependencies not in Debian => release those first." \
+               "- packaged version is out-of-date => run \`./update.sh $*\`"
 fi
 
 git commit -m "Release package $PKGNAME"