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Re: Doesn't disambiguate between 'external command failed' and 'command not found'

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 6, 2011, 18:00 UTC
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<20110706180026.GC17978@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 01:58:03PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> > Like this? I've replaced "Check the #!-line of the git-%s script." with
> > "Maybe git-%s is broken?" to be less technical and specific..
> 
> Yeah, looks good to me (unless somebody wants to do something more
> elaborate to catch other exec problems, but I personally don't think
> it's worth the effort).

One minor nit, though. I haven't been paying attention to the progress of the gettext topics, but should this message:

> +static const char bad_interpreter_advice[] =
> +	"'%s' appears to be a git command, but we were not\n"
> +	"able to execute it. Maybe git-%s is broken?";
Actually be inside _() for gettext?
-Peff
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  1. Alex VandiverJul 5, 2011
  2. Michael SchubertJul 5, 2011
  3. Jeff KingJul 5, 2011
  4. Jeff KingJul 5, 2011
  5. Sverre RabbelierJul 6, 2011
  6. Michael SchubertJul 6, 2011
  7. Jeff KingJul 6, 2011
  8. Jeff KingJul 6, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2011
  10. Michael SchubertJul 8, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2011
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