Bug 24072 - "Usage" messages in initscripts can be more generic
Summary: "Usage" messages in initscripts can be more generic
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 24068
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: initscripts
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-01-15 21:44 UTC by Christian Rose
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:18 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2001-01-15 21:44:24 UTC
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Description Christian Rose 2001-01-15 21:44:20 UTC
In these messages;

#: ../rc.d/init.d/functions:270
msgid "Usage: status {program}\n"
#: ../rc.d/init.d/rawdevices:77
msgid "Usage: rawdevice {start|stop|status|restart}\n"
#: ../rc.d/init.d/random:56
msgid "Usage: %s {start|stop|status|restart|reload}\n"
#: ../rc.d/init.d/netfs:108
msgid "Usage: %s {start|stop|restart|reload|status}\n"
#: ../rc.d/init.d/network:200
msgid "Usage: %s {start|stop|restart|reload|status|probe}\n"
#: squid.init:130
msgid "Usage: %s {start|stop|status|reload|restart|condrestart}\n"
#: am-utils.init:92
msgid "Usage: %s {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestart|status}\n"
#: syslog.init:82
msgid "Usage: syslog {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart}"

the name of the script to run should of course not be translated. i think
it is safe to replace the name of the scripts here with %s, like is done in
some of these. Also, the program options in these messages should not be
altered in translations, so they could get replaced with %s too:
"Usage: %s %s"

Please also note that the ordering of the options is inconsistent, and also
the use of \n. Sorry if I'm nit-picky.

However, when there is a parameter with a symbolic name, it really should
be left for translation:
#: ../rc.d/init.d/functions:172
msgid "Usage: killproc {program} [signal]\n"
could be
"Usage: %s %s [signal]\n"

Everything is of course IMHO, and I can of course be wrong about my
proposed scheme fitting other languages. But I think it will work and help
whenever initscripts is updated and a new option "foo" is added to the
syntax to a script, for example.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-01-15 21:53:27 UTC
Um, you can't translate a function name (well, you *can*, it would just be
nonsensical.)

As for the various messages, please see resolution to previous bug report.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 24068 ***

Comment 2 Christian Rose 2001-01-16 01:35:13 UTC
> Um, you can't translate a function name (well, you *can*, it would just be
nonsensical.)

That's exactly what I meant. Including a function name in a message marked for
translation is unnecessary, it can be made more elegant with %s. Function names
and file names are two of the rare exceptions to the rule "never use
substitution in messages".

I will split up this bug.

Comment 3 Christian Rose 2001-01-16 03:15:52 UTC
See bug 24085, bug 24086, bug 24087, and bug 24088.


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