[PATCH] Correct the error message given when we can't open the device.

[James Youngman <jay@xxxxxxx>]

Don't actually print %s in the error message, print the device name,
as was obviously intended.  Also, print the error message
corresponding to the errno value.
---
 disk-utils/fsck.minix.c |   15 +++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/disk-utils/fsck.minix.c b/disk-utils/fsck.minix.c
index cd41d79..4953663 100644
--- a/disk-utils/fsck.minix.c
+++ b/disk-utils/fsck.minix.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -189,9 +190,15 @@ usage(void) {
 }
 
 static void
-die(const char *str) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", program_name, str);
-	leave(8);
+die(const char *fmt, ...) {
+  va_list ap;
+  
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", program_name);
+  va_start(ap, fmt);
+  vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+  va_end (ap);
+  fputc('\n', stderr);
+  leave(8);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1283,7 +1290,7 @@ main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 	}
 	IN = open(device_name,repair?O_RDWR:O_RDONLY);
 	if (IN < 0)
-		die(_("unable to open '%s'"));
+		die(_("unable to open '%s': %s"), device_name, strerror(errno));
 	for (count=0 ; count<3 ; count++)
 		sync();
 	read_superblock();
-- 
1.5.3.8

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