We are talking about one member of a group of things (resource limits, signals,
timeouts), without specifying which one. An indenfinite article is in order.
When we are talking about the control process, it's a specific one, so the
definite article is used.
static const struct {
const char *result, *explanation;
} explanations [] = {
static const struct {
const char *result, *explanation;
} explanations [] = {
- { "resources", "configured resource limit was exceeded" },
- { "timeout", "timeout was exceeded" },
- { "exit-code", "control process exited with error code" },
- { "signal", "fatal signal was delivered to the control process" },
- { "core-dump", "fatal signal was delivered to the control process. Core dumped" },
- { "watchdog", "service failed to send watchdog ping" },
- { "start-limit", "start of the service was attempted too often too quickly" }
+ { "resources", "a configured resource limit was exceeded" },
+ { "timeout", "a timeout was exceeded" },
+ { "exit-code", "the control process exited with error code" },
+ { "signal", "a fatal signal was delivered to the control process" },
+ { "core-dump", "a fatal signal was delivered causing the control process to dump core" },
+ { "watchdog", "the service failed to send watchdog ping" },
+ { "start-limit", "start of the service was attempted too often" }
};
static void log_job_error_with_service_result(const char* service, const char *result) {
};
static void log_job_error_with_service_result(const char* service, const char *result) {
/* For some results maybe additional explanation is required */
if (streq_ptr(result, "start-limit"))
/* For some results maybe additional explanation is required */
if (streq_ptr(result, "start-limit"))
- log_info("To force a start please invoke \"systemctl reset-failed %s\" followed by \"systemctl start %s\" again.",
- strna(service_shell_quoted),
+ log_info("To force a start use \"systemctl reset-failed %1$s\" followed by \"systemctl start %1$s\" again.",
strna(service_shell_quoted));
}
strna(service_shell_quoted));
}