# [PATCH 2/6] ident.c: Disambiguate the error messages in setup_ident 2 messages from 2005-07-15 to 2005-07-15. Participants: Eric W. Biederman. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1245 ## Eric W. Biederman, 2005-07-15 00:52 Subject: [PATCH 2/6] ident.c: Disambiguate the error messages in setup_ident Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m1oe94yjow.fsf%40ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com ``` If your user name is too long it is your sysadmin who hates you not your parents! Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman --- ident.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 935f88376b79fc19df6dff85ba57ed94f06d79f0 diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c --- a/ident.c +++ b/ident.c @@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ int setup_ident(void) /* Get the name ("gecos") */ len = strlen(pw->pw_gecos); if (len >= sizeof(real_name)) - die("Your parents must have hated you"); + die("Your parents must have hated you!"); memcpy(real_name, pw->pw_gecos, len+1); /* Make up a fake email address (name + '@' + hostname [+ '.' + domainname]) */ len = strlen(pw->pw_name); if (len > sizeof(real_email)/2) - die("Your parents must have hated you"); + die("Your sysadmin must have hate you!"); memcpy(real_email, pw->pw_name, len); real_email[len++] = '@'; gethostname(real_email + len, sizeof(real_email) - len); ``` ## Eric W. Biederman, 2005-07-15 02:10 Subject: [PATCH] Complain about sysadmins in the present tense. Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m14qawx1ir.fsf_-_%40ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com In-Reply-To: <7v8y083k5o.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> ``` Junio C Hamano writes: > ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) writes: > >> Actually I could not see something the system administrator >> had bone being anything but present tense. If you have to type >> 500+ characters just to login, I think you would have noticed >> and complained to your sysadmin earlier... > > I think "must have hate you" is simply an incorrect grammar, not > present tense. You mean "must hate you", perhaps? Yes. It looks like I failed to delete the have :( Somethings you just can't see when you know what you meant. Here is a patch to fix it up. Eric Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman --- Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt | 2 +- Documentation/git-var.txt | 2 +- ident.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) 554595e307653e90e5945bcef739fde935d7bcef diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt --- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ You don't exist. Go away!:: The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read Your parents must have hated you!:: The password(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer. -Your sysadmin must have hate you!:: +Your sysadmin must hate you!:: The password(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer. See Also diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ You don't exist. Go away!:: The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read Your parents must have hated you!:: The password(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer. -Your sysadmin must have hate you!:: +Your sysadmin must hate you!:: The password(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer. See Also diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c --- a/ident.c +++ b/ident.c @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int setup_ident(void) /* Make up a fake email address (name + '@' + hostname [+ '.' + domainname]) */ len = strlen(pw->pw_name); if (len > sizeof(real_email)/2) - die("Your sysadmin must have hate you!"); + die("Your sysadmin must hate you!"); memcpy(real_email, pw->pw_name, len); real_email[len++] = '@'; gethostname(real_email + len, sizeof(real_email) - len); ```