Re: `losetup --remove` is confusing, and misuse silently fails

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Fri, 7 Nov 2025 12:21:40 +0100

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.util-linux
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Op 07-11-2025 om 11:16 schreef Karel Zak:
> On Mon, Nov 03, 2025 at 03:42:50PM +0100, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
>> For translatability, the above should be like:
>>
>> 	fprintf(stderr, _("%s: options %s and %s cannot be combined"), ...);
> 
> Yes, I know. The problem is that we need an extra buffer in the case
> of the short-only option. I have updated the pull request to make it
> more elegant. Now it uses:
> 
>      errx(OPTUTILS_EXIT_CODE,
>          _("options %s%s and %s%s cannot be combined"),
>          ....


That wil work.  Thanks!


In the commit message it says for NEW:

     $ losetup --remove --detach loop0
     losetup: options --detach and --remove cannot be combined.

But the actual error message is:

     losetup: options --remove and --detach cannot be combined

(the options in the order as on the command line and without a period).


Benno

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