From b034332e84d66fe0dd29fe60db45d9d9dc2087a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holger Vogt <holger.vogt@uni-due.de>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:57:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve warning message during evaluating .probe

---
 src/frontend/inpc_probe.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/frontend/inpc_probe.c b/src/frontend/inpc_probe.c
index 825eef914..fcced38da 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpc_probe.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpc_probe.c
@@ -1052,8 +1052,8 @@ static char *get_terminal_name(char* element, char *numberstr, NGHASHPTR instanc
         if (!allsubs) {
             char* instline = xcard->line;
             char* inst = gettok(&instline);
-            fprintf(stderr, "Warning: No .subckt line found during evaluating command .probe (...)!\n");
-            fprintf(stderr, "    failing instance: %s\n", inst);
+            fprintf(stderr, "Instance '%s' does not have an corresponding subcircuit '%s'!\n", inst, subcktname);
+            fprintf(stderr, "    Is the model missing? .probe cannot determine subcircuit pin names.\n", inst);
             tfree(subcktname);
             tfree(inst);
             return tprintf("n%s", numberstr);