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commit 88a2fcfa13667b3cc9cd5a474ae715a00ef42b8d
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 11 19:56:13 2026 -0500
[troff]: Recast error diagnostic.
* src/roff/troff/number.cpp (is_valid_term): Recast error diagnostic
message for clarity in cases like "echo .cflags X | groff".
---
ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
src/roff/troff/number.cpp | 2 +-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b628b8a33..63dce74a6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2026-07-11 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ * src/roff/troff/number.cpp (is_valid_term): Recast error
+ diagnostic message for clarity in cases like "echo .cflags X |
+ groff".
+
2026-07-11 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
[troff]: Fix Savannah #68511, recovering from a botched
diff --git a/src/roff/troff/number.cpp b/src/roff/troff/number.cpp
index a48638b8f..540b296dc 100644
--- a/src/roff/troff/number.cpp
+++ b/src/roff/troff/number.cpp
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static bool is_valid_term(units *u,
*u = 0;
return !is_mandatory;
default:
- error("ignoring invalid numeric expression containing %1",
+ error("numeric expression containing %1 is invalid",
tok.description());
return false;
}
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