Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

Package: login Version: 1:4.8.1-1 Followup-For: Bug #812127 Dear Maintainer, besides working on the German po-file for the shadow project manual pages, this old bug in the Debian bug database caught my attention. It is really simple to fix. I'm afraid the po file of my colleague of the German

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

Control: tags -1 upstream l10n Hi Holger, I'm sorry for keeping this hanging for so long. I'm packaging 4.9 and the translation has been updated upstream in the meantime: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/blob/master/po/de.po Are the new strings OK, or do they still need updating? Cheers,

Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

Hi, Bálint Réczey wrote: > >> > As stated, I (rather firmly) believe > >> >> Under no cirumstance work is possible without effective root. > >> > >> IMO this is the correct interpretation. > >> > >> The place where the message is emitted is here: > >>

Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

Hi Holger, 2017-02-06 20:12 GMT+01:00 Holger Wansing : > Hi, > > Bálint Réczey wrote: >> Hi Helge, >> >> 2017-01-21 17:15 GMT+01:00 Helge Kreutzmann : >> > Hello Holger, >> > On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 11:41:43AM +0100, Holger

Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

Hi, Bálint Réczey wrote: > Hi Helge, > > 2017-01-21 17:15 GMT+01:00 Helge Kreutzmann : > > Hello Holger, > > On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 11:41:43AM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: > >> Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > >> > On Fri, Jan 20,

Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

Hi Helge, 2017-01-21 17:15 GMT+01:00 Helge Kreutzmann : > Hello Holger, > On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 11:41:43AM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: >> Helge Kreutzmann wrote: >> > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 09:19:34PM +0100, Balint Reczey wrote: >> > > My wife says

Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

Hello Holger, On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 11:41:43AM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: > Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 09:19:34PM +0100, Balint Reczey wrote: > > > My wife says the proposed solution does not sound good and I don't speak > > > German thus I can't

Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

Hi, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello Balint, > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 09:19:34PM +0100, Balint Reczey wrote: > > Control: tags -1 help moreinfo > > > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:33:21 +0100 "B. Ruva" wrote: > > > Package: login > > >

Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

So If I may weigh in as a native speaker. While "Arbeit ohne effektive root-Rechte keinesfalls möglich." as Helge suggested is possible it is still a little confusing. I'd simply use "Arbeit one effektive root-Recht nicht möglich." the sassy spirit of "cannot possibly work without" won't be

Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

Hello Balint, On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 09:19:34PM +0100, Balint Reczey wrote: > Control: tags -1 help moreinfo > > Hi, > > On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:33:21 +0100 "B. Ruva" wrote: > > Package: login > > Version: 1:4.2-3.1 > > Severity: l10n > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > the

Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

Control: tags -1 help moreinfo Hi, On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:33:21 +0100 "B. Ruva" 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

Bug#812127: login: wrong German error message

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