[PATCH] fdisk: more meaningful error messages

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Signed-off-by: Francesco Cosoleto <cosoleto@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 fdisk/fdisk.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fdisk/fdisk.c b/fdisk/fdisk.c
index 5a69437..60a6f3a 100644
--- a/fdisk/fdisk.c
+++ b/fdisk/fdisk.c
@@ -274,23 +274,23 @@ void fatal(enum failure why) {
 			break;
 		case unable_to_open:
 			snprintf(error, sizeof(error),
-				 _("Unable to open %s\n"), disk_device);
+				 _("Unable to open %s: %m\n"), disk_device);
 			break;
 		case unable_to_read:
 			snprintf(error, sizeof(error),
-				 _("Unable to read %s\n"), disk_device);
+				 _("Unable to read %s: %m\n"), disk_device);
 			break;
 		case unable_to_seek:
 			snprintf(error, sizeof(error),
-				_("Unable to seek on %s\n"),disk_device);
+				_("Unable to seek on %s: %m\n"), disk_device);
 			break;
 		case unable_to_write:
 			snprintf(error, sizeof(error),
-				_("Unable to write %s\n"), disk_device);
+				_("Unable to write %s: %m\n"), disk_device);
 			break;
 		case ioctl_error:
 			snprintf(error, sizeof(error),
-				 _("BLKGETSIZE ioctl failed on %s\n"),
+				 _("BLKGETSIZE ioctl failed on %s: %m\n"),
 				disk_device);
 			break;
 		case out_of_memory:
-- 
1.7.1

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