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Date:      Tue, 11 Jan 2000 16:21:41 +0100
From:      The Unicorn <unicorn@blackhats.org>
To:        Mark Huizer <freebsd@xaa.iae.nl>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete perform.c
Message-ID:  <20000111162141.G98148@unicorn.blackhats.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000111143210.A83605@esmeralda.xaa.iae.nl>; from freebsd@xaa.iae.nl on Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 02:32:10PM %2B0100
References:  <200001111237.EAA12579@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000111142659.A841@itchy.mpn.cp.philips.com> <20000111143210.A83605@esmeralda.xaa.iae.nl>

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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Mark Huizer wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 02:26:59PM +0100, Paul Hernaus wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 04:37:17AM -0800, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> > > sheldonh    2000/01/11 04:37:17 PST
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete perform.c 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Use a more helpful fatal error message than "Toto! This doesn't look
> > >   like Kansas anymore!" when unable to return to the original working
> > >   directory.
> > 
> > What a sad world this is. I rather liked the "silly" error message.
> > I even used it as an example of UNIX humor.
> > 
> > Paul.
> > 
> I second that remark!

Me too (tm -- Times Warner [AOL] ;-)

> And b.t.w.: shouldn't it read errx(2, "unable to return to working
> directory %s!", home);? (That is: add a parameter to fill in for the %s
> :-)

To keep everyone happy it could read:

errx(2, "Toto! This doesn't look like Kansas anymore (home was: %s)!", home);

> Mark

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