Package: rdate
Version: 1.4-7
Severity: normal
I just logged on (dialup) and ran 'rdate', which
may have had trouble connecting:
% rdate time.nist.gov
rdate: Could not read data: Success
...a moment later it was OK though:
% rdate time.nist.gov
Tue Feb 14 03:04:39 2006
...the point of which is that I don't believe anything is
wrong with how 'rdate' functions.
Yet an error message followed by the word "Success" seems confusing.
Granted 'rdate' couldn't read data, but most users would think of that
as more of a "failure". It would be better if the error were somehow
rephrased, perhaps something like:
rdate: Could not connect to server 'foo.bar'
...depending on just what the error was, maybe it connected
and saw bad data:
rdate: garbled data packet from 'foo.bar'
Hope this helps...
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