textual: harmonize some loop-device error messages

Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>

diff --git a/sys-utils/losetup.c b/sys-utils/losetup.c
index 90e75ebbb5a02cc19c6d7fb54debbd295b944476..287761a3cc83fea671bb4591863851240ccc6af5 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/losetup.c
+++ b/sys-utils/losetup.c
@@ -603,12 +603,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
        if (act != A_CREATE &&
            (sizelimit || lo_flags || showdev))
                errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
-                       _("the options %s are allowed to loop device setup only"),
+                       _("the options %s are allowed during loop device setup only"),
                        "--{sizelimit,read-only,show}");
 
        if ((flags & LOOPDEV_FL_OFFSET) &&
            act != A_CREATE && (act != A_SHOW || !file))
-               errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("the option --offset is not allowed in this context."));
+               errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("the option --offset is not allowed in this context"));
 
        if (outarg && string_add_to_idarray(outarg, columns, ARRAY_SIZE(columns),
                                         &ncolumns, column_name_to_id) < 0)
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                         * loopcxt struct.
                         */
                        if (!hasdev && (res = loopcxt_find_unused(&lc))) {
-                               warnx(_("not found unused device"));
+                               warnx(_("cannot find an unused loop device"));
                                break;
                        }
                        if (flags & LOOPDEV_FL_OFFSET)
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                        if (res == 0)
                                break;                  /* success */
                        if (errno != EBUSY) {
-                               warn(_("%s: failed to setup loop device"),
+                               warn(_("%s: failed to set up loop device"),
                                        hasdev && loopcxt_get_fd(&lc) < 0 ?
                                            loopcxt_get_device(&lc) : file);
                                break;
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                break;
        case A_FIND_FREE:
                if (loopcxt_find_unused(&lc))
-                       warn(_("find unused loop device failed"));
+                       warn(_("cannot find an unused loop device"));
                else
                        printf("%s\n", loopcxt_get_device(&lc));
                break;
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                else
                        res = printf_loopdev(&lc);
                if (res)
-                       warn(_("%s"), loopcxt_get_device(&lc));
+                       warn("%s", loopcxt_get_device(&lc));
                break;
        case A_SET_CAPACITY:
                res = loopcxt_set_capacity(&lc);