while updating the translation of the man pages, I stumbled over one
sentence I could not make sense of:
"The file mode check failed (since dpkg 1.21.0). This check currently
only applies to regular files that have a known digest, and on the
filesystem are not regular files."
The part after the "and" is unclear. A filesystem without regular
files?
Hi!
On Tue, 2021-11-23 at 18:16:30 +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
while updating the translation of the man pages, I stumbled over one sentence I could not make sense of:
"The file mode check failed (since dpkg 1.21.0). This check currently
only applies to regular files that have a known digest, and on the filesystem are not regular files."
The part after the "and" is unclear. A filesystem without regular
files?
Hmm, right when writing that I did pause for a bit thinking whether it
was clear or not, but I guess my bias tricked me. :) Let me retry:
The file mode check failed (since dpkg 1.21.0). This check currently
only applies to pathnames that have a known digest and are not regular
files on the filesystem.
<div dir="auto">Second I forgot.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Turn the "and" into a "but" and I think it gets OK. Currently the contradiction is not easy to deduct.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"
Or write explicitly that having a digest conflicts with actually not being s regular file.</div></div>
Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> schrieb am Di., 23. Nov. 2021, 22:14:
On Tue, 2021-11-23 at 18:16:30 +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
while updating the translation of the man pages, I stumbled over one sentence I could not make sense of:
"The file mode check failed (since dpkg 1.21.0). This check currently only applies to regular files that have a known digest, and on the filesystem are not regular files."
The part after the "and" is unclear. A filesystem without regular
files?
Hmm, right when writing that I did pause for a bit thinking whether it
was clear or not, but I guess my bias tricked me. :) Let me retry:
The file mode check failed (since dpkg 1.21.0). This check currently
only applies to pathnames that have a known digest and are not regular
files on the filesystem.
Sorry for the phone answer, but as I had to read that three times, I
figured I'd note that. I think I got it now: There is a conflict between having a digest and being an irregular file.
First I wondered: Huh is this checking digests of such files, this makes no sense? I was like, should this be an or?
Second I forgot.
Turn the "and" into a "but" and I think it gets OK. Currently the contradiction is not easy to deduct.
Or write explicitly that having a digest conflicts with actually not being
s regular file.
On Tue, 2021-11-23 at 18:16:30 +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
while updating the translation of the man pages, I stumbled over one sentence I could not make sense of:
"The file mode check failed (since dpkg 1.21.0). This check currently
only applies to regular files that have a known digest, and on the filesystem are not regular files."
The part after the "and" is unclear. A filesystem without regular
files?
Hmm, right when writing that I did pause for a bit thinking whether it
was clear or not, but I guess my bias tricked me. :) Let me retry:
The file mode check failed (since dpkg 1.21.0). This check currently
only applies to pathnames that have a known digest and are not regular
files on the filesystem.
If that helps, I'll update git with it.
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