Error messages

[Kenneth Stailey]

In article <1991Mar11.085414.2650 at ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> graeme at ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Graeme Moffat) writes:

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   From: graeme at ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Graeme Moffat)
   Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
   Date: 11 Mar 91 08:54:14 GMT
   Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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   The rs6000 error messages are preceded by fancy looking 7 digit numbers...

Gee, doesn't POSIX 1003.2 require that most error messages are
precisely specified in terms of the printf string that must be used to
produce them.  The idea is that programs can grep for error strings,
so they must be exact.  This means that close to 100% of the error
strings must be changed.

I can't wait to see what happens when the government bids can't be won
without this because "designed to be POSIX compliant" isn't good
enough.  ("designed to be" is IBMspeak for "isn't")

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