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commit 6154b19609fed04aaf6072079aea3b8ccf2f5267
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Jun 26 22:45:29 2025 -0500

    [preconv]: Tweak diagnostic message.
    
    * src/preproc/preconv/preconv.cpp (do_file): Drop extra layer of quoting
      of file name, and migrate to "cannot" from "unable to" phrasing.
    
    Fixes:
    
    preconv: error: unable to open ''doc/GMPfront.t'': No such file or directory
---
 ChangeLog                       | 6 ++++++
 src/preproc/preconv/preconv.cpp | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 09429c14a..57c407f83 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2025-06-26  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
+
+       * src/preproc/preconv/preconv.cpp (do_file): Tweak diagnostic
+       message; drop extra layer of quoting of file name, and migrate
+       to "cannot" from "unable to" phrasing.
+
 2025-06-21  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
 
        * bootstrap.conf: Migrate to contemporary names for gnulib
diff --git a/src/preproc/preconv/preconv.cpp b/src/preproc/preconv/preconv.cpp
index b8517389f..54ba95208 100644
--- a/src/preproc/preconv/preconv.cpp
+++ b/src/preproc/preconv/preconv.cpp
@@ -1120,8 +1120,7 @@ do_file(const char *filename)
   }
   char *c_reported_filename = reported_filename.extract();
   if (!fp) {
-    error("unable to open '%1': %2", c_reported_filename,
-         strerror(errno));
+    error("cannot open %1: %2", c_reported_filename, strerror(errno));
     free(c_reported_filename);
     return 0;
   }

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