From: Alessandro Rubini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [patch] error reporting
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 16:16:49 +0200
> Rationale: stage-1.5 errors must be ordered numerically (in the docs),
> so the user finds them. But stage-2 errors should be order alphabetically,
> otherwise the user must do an exhaustive search.
IMO, so info (and other Info browsers) has search functions. Typing
"sFOO" is much faster than looking for FOO by your own eyes, in most
cases.
> Thus, in stage 2 I think
> Error 21: Selected disk does not exist
> is better than
> Error: Selected disk does not exist
That change breaks the utility `grub-install'. You need to invent
another way (e.g. "Error: Selected disk does not exist (21)" is ok).
> Also, the extra \n at the head of stage2 errors is wasting one
> screen line.
The extra newline is _not_ wasteful. For example, try this:
grub> foo [TAB]
Okuji
