[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

[Balint Reczey]

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Hi,

On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:33:21 +0100 "B. Ruva" <ruva at ruggedinbox.com> wrote:
> Package: login
> Version: 1:4.2-3.1
> Severity: l10n
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> the following error message of 'login':
> 
> "Cannot possibly work without effective root"
> 
> is translated into German as:
> 
> "Arbeit ohne effektive root-Rechte eventuell nicht möglich"
> 
> This wrong and pretty misleading. It means something like:
> 
> "It is perhaps not possible to work without effective root"
> 
> I would translate the original error message as:
> 
> "Kann unmöglich ohne effektive root-Rechte arbeiten"

I need help here for sure.

My wife says the proposed solution does not sound good and I don't speak
German thus I can't make a decision here. :-)

Please someone from the l10n team take a look and review the translations.

Cheers,
Balint