bug#80734: Don't tell users *they* gave an improper argument
Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Sat, 4 Apr 2026 18:02:47 -0700
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs |
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| Organization | UCLA Computer Science Department |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 2026-04-02 23:55, Dan Jacobson wrote: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-04/msg00080.html That email suggests that the syscall failed with EACCES whereas yours suggest it failed with EINVAL. Can you investigate with strace what actually went wrong in your case, and then suggest a better wording for the diagnostic? Thanks.