On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 03:57:00PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote: > I think this is a silly solution, and the documentation is clear > enough. The manual page certainly is clear enough but the current error message is logically wrong, as there are sufficient Xs *in* `XXXXXXs' but just not at the end of it, call it nitpicking if you will.
> How did this happen to you? Show the place where it happened to you. > Would the text you propose actually have saved you 1 second of time > to help you realize what was wrong? I don't think so. Just a typo really making me think "this could be clearer". So yes, I find telling this way actually saves time understanding the error, even if so little. > If you weren't familiar that the template has to be minimum 6 XXXXXX at > end of the string, then you hadn't achieved familiarity of the > subject matter yet. I agree that knowing one from the manual implies knowing the other as well, but it doesn't seem reason enough to keep the error message as is, hence the diff.
