Fix strings so that they can be more easily translated. Closes: #134358

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/dbmodify.c b/lib/dbmodify.c
index 720c96e93..a0d687354 100644
--- a/lib/dbmodify.c
+++ b/lib/dbmodify.c
@@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ static void createimptmp(void) {
   if (ferror(importanttmp))
     ohshite(_("unable to fill %.250s with padding"),importanttmpfile);
   if (fflush(importanttmp))
-    ohshite(_("unable flush %.250s after padding"),importanttmpfile);
+    ohshite(_("unable to flush %.250s after padding"), importanttmpfile);
   if (fseek(importanttmp,0,SEEK_SET))
-    ohshite(_("unable seek to start of %.250s after padding"),importanttmpfile);
+    ohshite(_("unable to seek to start of %.250s after padding"),
+	    importanttmpfile);
 
   onerr_abort--;
 }
diff --git a/lib/parsehelp.c b/lib/parsehelp.c
index dbdff0fbe..1c181bda3 100644
--- a/lib/parsehelp.c
+++ b/lib/parsehelp.c
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ const char *illegal_packagename(const char *p, const char **ep) {
     while (isspace(*p)) p++;
     *ep= p; return NULL;
   }
-  snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
-          _("character `%c' not allowed - only letters, digits and %s allowed"),
-          c, alsoallowed);
+  snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), _(
+	   "character `%c' not allowed (only letters, digits and characters `%s')"),
+	   c, alsoallowed);
   return buf;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/showcright.c b/lib/showcright.c
index 8849c752e..3f130c68e 100644
--- a/lib/showcright.c
+++ b/lib/showcright.c
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ void showcopyright(const struct cmdinfo *c, const char *v) NONRETURNING;
 void showcopyright(const struct cmdinfo *c, const char *v) {
   int fd;
   fd= open(COPYINGFILE,O_RDONLY);
-  if (fd < 0) ohshite(_("cannot open GPL file "));
+  if (fd < 0)
+    ohshite(_("cannot open GPL file"));
   fd_fd_copy(fd, 1, -1, "showcopyright");
   exit(0);
 }