[PATCH] waitpid: consistently write the abbreviation "PID" in all-uppercase

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Mon, 9 Mar 2026 12:15:44 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.util-linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Also, use %d instead of %u, as all other comparable messages use %d.

CC: Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]>
---
 misc-utils/waitpid.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc-utils/waitpid.c b/misc-utils/waitpid.c
index 865b537e9..d77a41c5e 100644
--- a/misc-utils/waitpid.c
+++ b/misc-utils/waitpid.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static inline int get_pidfd(const struct waitpid_control *ctl, struct process_in
 	if (pi->pidfd_ino) {
 		fd = ul_get_valid_pidfd(pi->pid, pi->pidfd_ino);
 		if (fd < 0 && ctl->verbose)
-			warnx(_("pidfd inode %"PRIu64" not found for pid %d"),
+			warnx(_("pidfd inode %"PRIu64" not found for PID %d"),
 					pi->pidfd_ino, pi->pid);
 	} else {
 		fd = pidfd_open(pi->pid, 0);
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void open_pidfds_or_err(const struct waitpid_control *ctl, struct process
 					warnx(_("PID %d has exited, skipping"), pi->pid);
 				continue;
 			}
-			err_nosys(EXIT_FAILURE, _("could not open pid %u"), pi->pid);
+			err_nosys(EXIT_FAILURE, _("could not open PID %d"), pi->pid);
 		}
 	}
 }
-- 
2.53.0