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yaml
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r: 179673
b: refs/heads/auto
c: 1aedc45
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  179671: 5d7d293
v: v3

Author: Keegan McAllister

[refs]

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ refs/tags/release-0.3: b5f0d0f648d9a6153664837026ba1be43d3e2503
 refs/tags/release-0.3.1: 495bae036dfe5ec6ceafd3312b4dca48741e845b
 refs/tags/release-0.4: e828ea2080499553b97dfe33b3f4d472b4562ad7
 refs/tags/release-0.5: 7e3bcfbf21278251ee936ad53e92e9b719702d73
-refs/heads/auto: 93b642d9743edea728ef08b2d6fd17229caaad43
+refs/heads/auto: 1aedc45f85fe9feb70971f9d0c743c4af550a080
 refs/heads/servo: af82457af293e2a842ba6b7759b70288da276167
 refs/tags/release-0.6: b4ebcfa1812664df5e142f0134a5faea3918544c
 refs/tags/0.1: b19db808c2793fe2976759b85a355c3ad8c8b336

branches/auto/src/librustc/plugin/load.rs

@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ impl<'a, 'v> Visitor<'v> for PluginLoader<'a> {
                 }
                 "plugin" => {
                     self.sess.span_err(attr.span, "#[plugin] on `extern crate` is deprecated");
+                    self.sess.span_help(attr.span, &format!("use a crate attribute instead, \
+                                                            i.e. #![plugin({})]",
+                                                            item.ident.as_str())[]);
                 }
                 "macro_use" => {
                     let names = attr.meta_item_list();

branches/auto/src/test/compile-fail/plugin-extern-crate-attr-deprecated.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[plugin]  //~ ERROR #[plugin] on `extern crate` is deprecated
+//~^ HELP use a crate attribute instead, i.e. #![plugin(std)]
 extern crate std;
 
 fn main() {}