Subject: Re: 1.4.1 compile problems
To: Sheila&bob/Herbal Gypsy & the Tinker <shsrms@erols.com>
From: Michael Kukat <michael@camaronet.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 09/21/1999 19:03:09
Hi !

What about "Error #0815, please consult the manual" :-)

so long... Michael

> I like the grammar.
> this is one of the last bastions of freedom in the world.
> IT confuses search engines!
> I am more interested in code that works than error messages that are
> grammaticly 
> correct.
> my two cents
> bob
> Olaf Seibert wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, paul yaskowski wrote:
> > 
> > > vax# config BLACKHOLE
> > > BLACKHOLE:95: cpu's cannot attach to mainbus's
> > > BLACKHOLE:165: ln0: unknown device n'
> > 
> > > vax# config INSTALL
> > > INSTALL:95: cpu's cannot attach to mainbus's
> > > INSTALL:97: mem's cannot attach to mainbus's
> > > INSTALL:100: uba's cannot attach to mainbus's
> > > INSTALL:165: ln0: unknown device n'
> > > *** Stop.
> > 
> > If config says this, somebody ought to fix these horrible grammatical
> > errors. The messages should better read
> > 
> > INSTALL:95: cpus cannot attach to mainbuses
> > INSTALL:97: mems cannot attach to mainbuses
> > INSTALL:100: ubas cannot attach to mainbuses
> > 
> > or if forming correct plurals is considered too difficult, something
> > like
> > 
> > INSTALL:95: a cpu cannot attach to a mainbus
> > (etc)
> > 
> > -Olaf.
> > --
> > ___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert - rhialto@polder.ubc. ---- Unauthorized duplication,
> > \X/ .kun.nl ---- while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing.
>