#: /etc/rc.d/init.d/ntpd:72 msgid "Usage: ntpd {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}" If "ntpd" is replaced with $0 here, this message can be reused in translations (other usage messages use $0), so that translators won't have to translate each similar message individually. To make it more clear, what I suggest is: "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}"
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 26525 ***
I don't think this is a duplicate - bug 26525 talks about using $prog in the "starting/stopping", this is about using $0 in the usage message. If you use $prog or $0 in both, this would be inconsistent with many other packages, and defeat the very purpose of similar messages to make it easier for translators by message re-use...
both issues were solved at the same time anyway.
Ok. Thanks!