give a better diagnostic when only the group is being changed

diff --git a/src/chown-core.c b/src/chown-core.c
index 2899f587b58c8adcc4cfa54c384527ada22cb91d..0d7a1c43d637ed1ac93f53886f4589d624d75af3 100644 (file)
--- a/src/chown-core.c
+++ b/src/chown-core.c
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ change_file_owner (int cmdline_arg, const char *file, uid_t user, gid_t group,
          if (fail)
            {
              if (chopt->force_silent == 0)
-               error (0, saved_errno, _("changing ownership of %s"),
+               error (0, saved_errno, (user != (uid_t) -1
+                                       ? _("changing ownership of %s")
+                                       : _("changing group of %s")),
                       quote (file));
              errors = 1;
            }