From e45e431588771e45eab35dbc1356ecb85a6f993e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Etienne Millon <etienne.millon@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 15:25:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix error message when no package is defined (#836)

Closes #830

Signed-off-by: Etienne Millon <etienne@cryptosense.com>
---
 src/jbuild.ml | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jbuild.ml b/src/jbuild.ml
index 61a5ca6d..3526e321 100644
--- a/src/jbuild.ml
+++ b/src/jbuild.ml
@@ -107,11 +107,10 @@ module Pkg = struct
     | [pkg] -> Ok pkg
     | [] ->
       Error
-        "The current project (%S declared in  defines no packages.\n\
-         What do you want me to do with this (install ...) stanzas?.\n\
-         You need to add a <package>.opam file at the root \
-         of your project so that\n\
-         I know that you want to install things as part of package <package>."
+        "The current project defines some public elements, \
+         but no opam packages are defined.\n\
+         Please add a <package>.opam file at the project root \
+         so that these elements are installed into it."
     | _ :: _ :: _ ->
       Error
         (sprintf