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yaml
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r: 179772
b: refs/heads/tmp
c: 1aedc45
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

Author: Keegan McAllister

[refs]

@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ refs/heads/building: 126db549b038c84269a1e4fe46f051b2c15d6970
 refs/heads/beta: 44a287e6eb22ec3c2a687fc156813577464017f7
 refs/heads/windistfix: 7608dbad651f02e837ed05eef3d74a6662a6e928
 refs/tags/1.0.0-alpha: e42bd6d93a1d3433c486200587f8f9e12590a4d7
-refs/heads/tmp: 93b642d9743edea728ef08b2d6fd17229caaad43
+refs/heads/tmp: 1aedc45f85fe9feb70971f9d0c743c4af550a080

branches/tmp/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/tmp/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() {}