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[PATCH] Print a more accurate error message when we fail to create a lock file.

From
Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>
Date
Jan 6, 2007, 03:14 UTC
Message-ID
<20070106031404.GA4863@midwinter.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>
---
 lockfile.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
index 731bbf3..4824f4d 100644
--- a/lockfile.c
+++ b/lockfile.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int hold_lock_file_for_update(struct lock_file *lk,
const char *path, int die_on
 {
 	int fd = lock_file(lk, path);
 	if (fd < 0 && die_on_error)
-		die("unable to create '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
+		die("unable to create '%s.lock': %s", path, strerror(errno));
 	return fd;
 }
 
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