Bug#317657: libglib2.0-0: Cannot parse integer value 'foo' for ----bar

[Jukka Suomela]

Package: libglib2.0-0
Version: 2.6.5-1
Severity: minor

Hi,

The glib command line option parser (g_option_* functions) seems to
contain a minor bug in error messages.

In glib/goption.c, function parse_int, there is the following piece of
code:

      g_set_error (error,
                   G_OPTION_ERROR, G_OPTION_ERROR_BAD_VALUE,
                   _("Cannot parse integer value '%s' for --%s"),
                   arg, arg_name);

If the name of the long option is, say, "bar", arg_name will be
"--bar", and the error message reported to the user will look like:

    Cannot parse integer value 'foo' for ----bar

Changing --%s to %s would make the error message a bit more sensible.

Best regards,
Jukka Suomela

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