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   Message 134,147 of 135,536   
   rbowman to Charlie Gibbs   
   Re: Service startup errors   
   31 Dec 25 19:41:29   
   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:55:52 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-12-31, rbowman  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:53:56 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> But if it means something to them, it's still miles ahead of a   
   >>> "something went wrong" message.  If you're lucky you might find a list   
   >>> of what the error codes mean.   
   >>   
   >> https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/10/linux-error-codes/   
   >>   
   >> printf("Oh shit! %s\n", strerror(errno));   
   >   
   > Alternatively, "This should never happen!"   
      
   	/* Should never happen, but... */   
      
   Actual comment in the source and it's not the only one. It's in an else   
   clause and does have a reasonable message   
      
   sprintf(error_msg, "The Alert Type \"%s\" is invalid.", ModAlertType);   
   update_message(msgbox, ModAlertType);   
      
   It's not clear how someone could select an unknown alert type from a GUI   
   list but j.i.c...   
      
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