[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#949862: Bug#949862: passwd: Translation error in help output

[Bálint Réczey]

Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/pull/442
Control: tags -1 upstream

Hi Tollef,

Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen at err.no> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. jan. 26., V, 9:09):
>
> Package: passwd
> Version: 1:4.8-1
> Severity: minor
>
> It seems like there's an inconsistency between the Norwegian and
> untranslated help texts:
>
> $ LANG=C sudo passwd --help
> Usage: passwd [options] [LOGIN]
>
> Options:
> […]
>   -l, --lock                    lock the password of the named account
>
> $ LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8 sudo passwd --help
> Bruk: passwd [valg] [BRUKER]
>
> Valg:
> […]
>   -L, --lock                  lås passord for den valgt konto
>
> Note -l vs -L there.

Yes, this is definitely wrong.

> (it should also read «lås passordet for den valgte kontoen»; though
> shouldn't it just be «lock the named account»?)

No, please see the man page for details.

Cheers,
Balint

> --
> Tollef Fog Heen
> UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are