retitle 258376 Multiple misleading messages: 'invalid argument' and 'no such file or directory'. thanks
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 06:44:27PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 09:18:06AM -0800, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > > #279529: create gives "invalid argument" if target device is already > > mounted, > > which was filed against the cryptsetup package. > > > > It has been closed by one of the developers, namely > > "Wesley W. Terpstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > > > > > No more discussion in last month -> closing this bug. > > Did you notice that the discussion inside the bug didn't address my > original complaint, a misleading error message, at all? Oops. You are correct; that bug had drifted off topic. I am combining this into bug#258376. > When I try to create a crypto device on a physical device that is > already mounted elsewhere, cryptsetup gives the error message "invalid > argument" which is not helpful at all. This should be "target device > is already mounted". Yep, pretty bad error message. -- Wesley W. Terpstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
