NLS for libpq. Clean up the message formats and change the documentation

accordingly.

NLS for libpq. Clean up the message formats and change the documentation
accordingly.
1a17447b · Peter Eisentraut · 9e5ec3b0 · 1a17447b · 1a17447b · 1a17447b
Commit 1a17447b authored Jul 15, 2001 by Peter Eisentraut
12 changed files
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.56 2001/06/10 03:46:31 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.57 2001/07/15 13:45:03 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
@@ -2349,7 +2349,7 @@ Field separator is "oo",
      <para>
      Pressing Control-C during a <quote>copy in</quote> (data sent to the
      server) doesn't show the most ideal of behaviors. If you get a message
-      such as <quote>PQexec: you gotta get out of a COPY state yourself</quote>,
+      such as <quote>COPY state must be terminated first</quote>,
      simply reset the connection by entering <literal>\c - -</literal>.
      </para>
      </listitem>

--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.72 2001/06/30 22:03:25 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.73 2001/07/15 13:45:03 petere Exp $
 -->
 <Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ IpcSemaphoreCreate: semget(key=5440026, num=16, 01600) failed: No space left on
    <para>
 <screen>
-PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
+psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused
-	Is the postmaster running (with -i) at 'server.joe.com'
+        Is the server running on host server.joe.com and accepting
-	and accepting connections on TCP/IP port 5432?
+        TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
 </screen>
     This is the generic <quote>I couldn't find a server to talk
     to</quote> failure. It looks like the above when TCP/IP
@@ -407,9 +407,9 @@ PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
     Alternatively, you'll get this when attempting
     Unix-socket communication to a local postmaster:
 <screen>
-connectDBstart() -- connect() failed: No such file or directory
+psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused
-	Is the postmaster running locally
+        Is the server running locally and accepting
-	and accepting connections on Unix socket '/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432'?
+        connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
 </screen>
    </para>

--- a/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v 1.15 2000/11/30 23:20:50 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v 1.16 2001/07/15 13:45:03 petere Exp $
 -->
 <chapter id="start">
@@ -154,18 +154,18 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v 1.15 2000/11/30 23:20:50 tgl E
    <programlisting>
 % psql template1
-psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: No such file or directory
+psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused
-        Is the postmaster running locally
+        Is the server running locally and accepting
-        and accepting connections on Unix socket '/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432'?
+        connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
    </programlisting>
    or
    <programlisting>
 % psql -h localhost template1
-psql: PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
+psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused
-        Is the postmaster running (with -i) at 'localhost'
+        Is the server running on host localhost and accepting
-        and accepting connections on TCP/IP port 5432?
+        TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
    </programlisting>
    it is usually because

--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 #
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile,v 1.52 2001/05/11 01:46:33 momjian Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile,v 1.53 2001/07/15 13:45:04 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endif
 # Add libraries that libpq depends (or might depend) on into the
 # shared library link.  (The order in which you list them here doesn't
 # matter.)
-SHLIB_LINK += $(filter -L%, $(LDFLAGS)) $(filter -lcrypt -ldes -lkrb -lcom_err -lcrypto -lk5crypto -lkrb5 -lssl -lsocket -lnsl -lresolv, $(LIBS))
+SHLIB_LINK += $(filter -L%, $(LDFLAGS)) $(filter -lcrypt -ldes -lkrb -lcom_err -lcrypto -lk5crypto -lkrb5 -lssl -lsocket -lnsl -lresolv -lintl, $(LIBS))
 all: all-lib

--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/de.po
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/de.po
+# German message translation file for libpq
+# Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, 2001.
+#
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/Attic/de.po,v 1.1 2001/07/15 13:45:04 petere Exp $
+#
+# Use these quotes: %s
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PostgreSQL 7.2\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2001-07-15 14:41+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2001-07-15 14:41+0200\n"
+"Last-Translator: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>\n"
+"Language-Team: German <de@li.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+#: fe-auth.c:222
+#, c-format
+msgid "Kerberos 4 error: %s\n"
+msgstr "Kerberos-4-Fehler: %s\n"
+#: fe-auth.c:387
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not set socket to blocking mode: %s"
+msgstr "konnte Socket nicht auf blockierenden Modus umstellen: %s"
+#: fe-auth.c:403
+#, c-format
+msgid "Kerberos 5 authentication rejected: %*s"
+msgstr "Authentifizierung mit Kerberos 5 abgelehnt: %*s"
+#: fe-auth.c:424
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not restore non-blocking mode on socket: %s"
+msgstr ""
+"konnte den nicht blockierenden Modus auf dem Socket nicht wieder herstellen: "
+"%s"
+#: fe-auth.c:468
+msgid "Kerberos 4 authentication failed\n"
+msgstr "Authentifizierung mit Kerberos 4 schlug fehl\n"
+#: fe-auth.c:474
+msgid "Kerberos 4 authentication not supported\n"
+msgstr "Authentifizierung mit Kerberos 4 nicht untersttzt\n"
+#: fe-auth.c:485
+msgid "Kerberos 5 authentication failed\n"
+msgstr "Authentifizierung mit Kerberos 5 schlug fehl\n"
+#: fe-auth.c:491
+msgid "Kerberos 5 authentication not supported\n"
+msgstr "Authentifizierung mit Kerberos 5 nicht untersttzt\n"
+#: fe-auth.c:514
+#, c-format
+msgid "authentication method %u not supported\n"
+msgstr "Authentifizierungsmethode %u nicht untersttzt\n"
+#: fe-auth.c:551
+#, c-format
+msgid "invalid authentication service name \"%s\", ignored"
+msgstr "ungltiger Authentifizierungsdienstname %s, ignoriert"
+#: fe-auth.c:608
+#, c-format
+msgid "fe_getauthname: invalid authentication system: %d\n"
+msgstr "fe_getauthname: ungltiges Authentifizierungssystem: %d\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:491
+msgid "could not determine the PostgreSQL user name to use\n"
+msgstr "konnte den zu verwendenden PostgreSQL-Benutzernamen nicht bestimmen\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:713
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not socket to non-blocking mode: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte Socket nicht auf nicht-blockierenden Modus umstellen: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:737
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not set socket to TCP no delay mode: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte Socket nicht auf TCP No Delay-Modus umstellen: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:760
+#, c-format
+msgid ""
+"could not connect to server: %s\n"
+"\tIs the server running locally and accepting\n"
+"\tconnections on Unix domain socket \"%s\"?\n"
+msgstr ""
+"konnte nicht mit dem Server verbinden: %s\n"
+"\tLuft der Server lokal und akzeptiert er Verbindungen\n"
+"\tauf dem Unix-Domain-Socket %s?\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:769
+#, c-format
+msgid ""
+"could not connect to server: %s\n"
+"\tIs the server running on host %s and accepting\n"
+"\tTCP/IP connections on port %s?\n"
+msgstr ""
+"konnte nicht mit dem Server verbinden: %s\n"
+"\tLuft der Server auf dem Host %s und akzeptiert er\n"
+"\tTCP/IP-Verbindungen auf Port %s?\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:834
+#, c-format
+msgid "invalid host address: %s\n"
+msgstr "ungltige Hostadresse: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:853
+#, c-format
+msgid "unknown host name: %s\n"
+msgstr "unbekannter Hostname: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:895
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not create socket: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte Socket nicht erzeugen: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:975
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not send SSL negotiation packet: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte Paket zur SSL-Verhandlung nicht senden: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:983
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not receive server response to SSL negotiation packet: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte Serverantwort auf SSL-Verhandlungspaket nicht empfangen: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:997
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not create SSL context: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte SSL-Kontext nicht erzeugen: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1007
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not establish SSL connection: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte SSL-Verbindung nicht aufbauen: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1025
+#, c-format
+msgid "received invalid response to SSL negotiation: %c\n"
+msgstr "ungltige Antwort auf SSL-Verhandlungspaket empfangen: %c\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1034
+msgid "server does not support SSL, but SSL was required\n"
+msgstr "Server untersttzt kein SSL, aber SSL wurde verlangt\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1203
+msgid "invalid connection state, probably indicative of memory corruption\n"
+msgstr "ungltiger Verbindungszustand, mglicherweise ein Speicherproblem\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1241
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not get socket error status: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte Socket-Fehlerstatus nicht ermitteln: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1262
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not get client address from socket: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte Client-Adresse vom Socket nicht ermitteln: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1301
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not send startup packet: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte Startpaket nicht senden: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1357
+#, c-format
+msgid "expected authentication request from server, but received %c\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Authentifizierungsanfrage wurde vom Server erwartet, aber %c wurde "
+"empfangen\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1460
+msgid "unexpected message from server during startup\n"
+msgstr "unerwartete Nachricht vom Server beim Start\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1519
+#, c-format
+msgid "invalid connection state %c, probably indicative of memory corruption\n"
+msgstr "ungltiger Verbindungszustand %c, mglicherweise ein Speicherproblem\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1623
+#, c-format
+msgid "invalid setenv state %c, probably indicative of memory corruption\n"
+msgstr "ungltiger setenv-Zustand %c, mglicherweise ein Speicherproblem\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1664
+#, c-format
+msgid "invalid encoding name in PGCLIENTENCODING: %s\n"
+msgstr "ungltiger Kodierungsname in PGCLIENTENCODING: %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:1789
+#, c-format
+msgid "invalid state %c, probably indicative of memory corruption\n"
+msgstr "ungltiger Zustand %c, mglicherweise ein Speicherproblem\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:2402 fe-connect.c:2411 fe-exec.c:1070 fe-lobj.c:529
+msgid "out of memory\n"
+msgstr "Speicher aufgebraucht\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:2450
+#, c-format
+msgid "missing \"=\" after \"%s\" in connection info string\n"
+msgstr "fehlendes = nach %s in der Zeichenkette der Verbindungsdaten\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:2499
+msgid "unterminated quoted string in connection info string\n"
+msgstr ""
+"fehlendes schlieendes Anfhrungszeichen (\") in der Zeichenkette der "
+"Verbindugsdaten\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:2533
+#, c-format
+msgid "invalid connection option \"%s\"\n"
+msgstr "ungltige Verbindungsoption %s\n"
+#: fe-connect.c:2718
+msgid "connection pointer is NULL\n"
+msgstr "Verbindung ist ein NULL-Zeiger\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:512
+msgid "command string is a null pointer\n"
+msgstr "Kommandozeichenkette ist ein NULL-Zeiger\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:520
+msgid "no connection to the server\n"
+msgstr "keine Verbindung mit dem Server\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:527
+msgid "another command is already in progress\n"
+msgstr "ein anderes Kommando ist bereits in Ausfhrung\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:730
+#, c-format
+msgid "message type 0x%02x arrived from server while idle\n"
+msgstr "Nachricht vom Typ 0x%02x kam im Leerlaufzustand vom Server\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:773
+#, c-format
+msgid ""
+"unexpected character %c following empty query response (\"I\" message)\n"
+msgstr ""
+"unerwartetes Zeichen %c nach Antwort auf leere Anweisung (I-Nachricht)\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:831
+msgid ""
+"server sent data (\"D\" message) without prior row description (\"T\" "
+"message)\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Server sendete Daten (D-Nachricht) ohne vorherige Zeilenbeschreibung (T-"
+"Nachricht)\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:848
+msgid ""
+"server sent binary data (\"B\" message) without prior row description (\"T\" "
+"message)\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Server sendete binre Daten (B-Nachricht) ohne vorherige "
+"Zeilenbeschreibung (T-Nachricht)\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:864
+#, c-format
+msgid "unexpected response from server; first received character was \"%c\"\n"
+msgstr "unerwartete Antwort vom Server; erstes empfangenes Zeichen war %c\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:1158
+#, c-format
+msgid "unexpected asyncStatus: %d\n"
+msgstr "unerwarteter asyncStatus: %d\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:1208
+msgid "COPY state must be terminated first\n"
+msgstr "COPY-Zustand mu erst beendet werden\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:1546
+msgid "no COPY in progress\n"
+msgstr "keine COPY in Ausfhrung\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:1585
+msgid "lost synchronization with server, resetting connection\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Synchronisation mit dem Server verloren, Verbindung wird zurckgesetzt\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:1650
+msgid "connection in wrong state\n"
+msgstr "Verbindung im falschen Zustand\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:1752 fe-exec.c:1786
+#, c-format
+msgid "protocol error: id=0x%x\n"
+msgstr "Protokollfehler: id=0x%x\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:1821
+msgid "invalid ExecStatusType code"
+msgstr "ungltiger ExecStatusType-Kode"
+#: fe-exec.c:1874 fe-exec.c:1907
+#, c-format
+msgid "column number %d is out of range 0..%d\n"
+msgstr "Spaltennummer %d auerhalb des zulssigem Bereichs 0..%d\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:1896
+#, c-format
+msgid "row number %d is out of range 0..%d\n"
+msgstr "Zeilennummer %d auerhalb des zulssigem Bereichs 0..%d\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:2087
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not interpret result from server: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte Ergebnis vom Server nicht interpretieren: %s\n"
+#: fe-exec.c:2103
+msgid "no row count available\n"
+msgstr "keine Zeilenzahl verfgbar\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:399 fe-lobj.c:478
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not open file \"%s\": %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte Datei %s nicht ffnen: %s\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:411
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not create large object for file \"%s\"\n"
+msgstr "konnte Large Object fr Datei %s nicht erzeugen\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:420 fe-lobj.c:467
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not open large object %u\n"
+msgstr "konnte Large Object %u nicht ffnen\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:434
+#, c-format
+msgid "error while reading file \"%s\"\n"
+msgstr "Fehler beim Lesen der Datei %s\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:492
+#, c-format
+msgid "error while writing to file \"%s\"\n"
+msgstr "Fehler beim Schreiben der Datei %s\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:557
+msgid "query to initialize large object functions did not return data\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Abfrage zur Initialisierung der Large-Object-Funktionen ergab keine Daten\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:595
+msgid "cannot determine OID of function lo_open\n"
+msgstr "kann OID der Funktion lo_open nicht ermitteln\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:602
+msgid "cannot determine OID of function lo_close\n"
+msgstr "kann OID der Funktion lo_close nicht ermitteln\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:609
+msgid "cannot determine OID of function lo_creat\n"
+msgstr "kann OID der Funktion lo_open nicht ermitteln\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:616
+msgid "cannot determine OID of function lo_unlink\n"
+msgstr "kann OID der Funktion lo_unlink nicht ermitteln\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:623
+msgid "cannot determine OID of function lo_lseek\n"
+msgstr "kann OID der Funktion lo_lseek nicht ermitteln\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:630
+msgid "cannot determine OID of function lo_tell\n"
+msgstr "kann OID der Funktion lo_tell nicht ermitteln\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:637
+msgid "cannot determine OID of function loread\n"
+msgstr "kann OID der Funktion loread nicht ermitteln\n"
+#: fe-lobj.c:644
+msgid "cannot determine OID of function lowrite\n"
+msgstr "kann OID der Funktion lowrite nicht ermitteln\n"
+#: fe-misc.c:131
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not flush enough data (space available: %d, space needed %d)\n"
+msgstr ""
+"konnte nicht genug Daten flushen (verfgbarer Platz: %d, bentigter Platz: %"
+"d)\n"
+#: fe-misc.c:279
+#, c-format
+msgid "integer of size %lu not supported by pqGetInt\n"
+msgstr "Integer der Gre %lu wird nicht von pqGetInt untersttzt\n"
+#: fe-misc.c:317
+#, c-format
+msgid "integer of size %lu not supported by pqPutInt\n"
+msgstr "Integer der Gre %lu wird nicht von pqPutInt untersttzt\n"
+#: fe-misc.c:355 fe-misc.c:389 fe-misc.c:777
+#, c-format
+msgid "select() failed: %s\n"
+msgstr "select() fehlgeschlagen: %s\n"
+#: fe-misc.c:415 fe-misc.c:615 fe-misc.c:756
+msgid "connection not open\n"
+msgstr "Verbindung nicht offen\n"
+#: fe-misc.c:486 fe-misc.c:572
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not receive data from server: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte keine Daten vom Server empfangen: %s\n"
+#: fe-misc.c:589 fe-misc.c:674
+msgid ""
+"server closed the connection unexpectedly\n"
+"\tThis probably means the server terminated abnormally\n"
+"\tbefore or while processing the request.\n"
+msgstr ""
+"Server beendete die Verbindung unerwartet\n"
+"\tDas heit wahrscheinlich, da der Server abnormal beendete\n"
+"\tbevor oder whrend die Anweisung bearbeitet wurde.\n"
+#: fe-misc.c:690
+#, c-format
+msgid "could not send data to server: %s\n"
+msgstr "konnte keine Daten an den Server senden: %s\n"
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 * exceed INITIAL_EXPBUFFER_SIZE (currently 256 bytes).
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c,v 1.47 2001/03/22 04:01:25 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c,v 1.48 2001/07/15 13:45:04 petere Exp $
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ pg_krb4_authname(char *PQerrormsg)
 	status = krb_get_tf_fullname(tkt_string(), name, instance, realm);
 	if (status != KSUCCESS)
 	{
-		(void) sprintf(PQerrormsg,
+		snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
 				 "pg_krb4_authname: krb_get_tf_fullname: %s\n",
 				 krb_err_txt[status]);
 		return (char *) NULL;
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ pg_krb4_sendauth(char *PQerrormsg, int sock,
 						  PG_KRB4_VERSION);
 	if (status != KSUCCESS)
 	{
-		(void) sprintf(PQerrormsg,
+		snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-					   "pg_krb4_sendauth: kerberos error: %s\n",
+				 libpq_gettext("Kerberos 4 error: %s\n"),
 				 krb_err_txt[status]);
 		return STATUS_ERROR;
 	}
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ pg_krb5_sendauth(char *PQerrormsg, int sock,
 	if (flags < 0 || fcntl(sock, F_SETFL, (long) (flags & ~O_NONBLOCK)))
 	{
 		snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-				 "pg_krb5_sendauth: fcntl: %s", strerror(errno));
+				 libpq_gettext("could not set socket to blocking mode: %s"), strerror(errno));
 		krb5_free_principal(pg_krb5_context, server);
 		return STATUS_ERROR;
 	}
@@ -400,13 +400,13 @@ pg_krb5_sendauth(char *PQerrormsg, int sock,
 		if (retval == KRB5_SENDAUTH_REJECTED && err_ret)
 		{
 			snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-					 "pg_krb5_sendauth: authentication rejected: \"%*s\"",
+					 libpq_gettext("Kerberos 5 authentication rejected: %*s"),
 					 err_ret->text.length, err_ret->text.data);
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-					 "pg_krb5_sendauth: krb5_sendauth: %s",
+					 "krb5_sendauth: %s",
 					 error_message(retval));
 		}
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ pg_krb5_sendauth(char *PQerrormsg, int sock,
 	if (fcntl(sock, F_SETFL, (long) flags))
 	{
 		snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-				 "pg_krb5_sendauth: fcntl: %s", strerror(errno));
+				 libpq_gettext("could not restore non-blocking mode on socket: %s"),
+				 strerror(errno));
 		ret = STATUS_ERROR;
 	}
@@ -463,14 +464,14 @@ fe_sendauth(AuthRequest areq, PGconn *conn, const char *hostname,
 								 &conn->raddr.in,
 								 hostname) != STATUS_OK)
 			{
-				(void) sprintf(PQerrormsg,
+				snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-							"fe_sendauth: krb4 authentication failed\n");
+						 libpq_gettext("Kerberos 4 authentication failed\n"));
 				return STATUS_ERROR;
 			}
 			break;
 #else
-			(void) sprintf(PQerrormsg,
+			snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-					 "fe_sendauth: krb4 authentication not supported\n");
+					 libpq_gettext("Kerberos 4 authentication not supported\n"));
 			return STATUS_ERROR;
 #endif
@@ -480,14 +481,14 @@ fe_sendauth(AuthRequest areq, PGconn *conn, const char *hostname,
 								 &conn->raddr.in,
 								 hostname) != STATUS_OK)
 			{
-				(void) sprintf(PQerrormsg,
+				snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-							"fe_sendauth: krb5 authentication failed\n");
+						 libpq_gettext("Kerberos 5 authentication failed\n"));
 				return STATUS_ERROR;
 			}
 			break;
 #else
-			(void) sprintf(PQerrormsg,
+			snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-					 "fe_sendauth: krb5 authentication not supported\n");
+					 libpq_gettext("Kerberos 5 authentication not supported\n"));
 			return STATUS_ERROR;
 #endif
@@ -509,8 +510,8 @@ fe_sendauth(AuthRequest areq, PGconn *conn, const char *hostname,
 			break;
 		default:
-			(void) sprintf(PQerrormsg,
+			snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-			"fe_sendauth: authentication type %u not supported\n", areq);
+					 libpq_gettext("authentication method %u not supported\n"), areq);
 			return STATUS_ERROR;
 	}
@@ -546,8 +547,8 @@ fe_setauthsvc(const char *name, char *PQerrormsg)
 		}
 	if (i == n_authsvcs)
 	{
-		(void) sprintf(PQerrormsg,
+		snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-					   "fe_setauthsvc: invalid name: %s, ignoring...\n",
+				 libpq_gettext("invalid authentication service name \"%s\", ignored"),
 				 name);
 	}
 	return;
@@ -603,7 +604,9 @@ fe_getauthname(char *PQerrormsg)
 	}
 	if (authsvc != STARTUP_MSG && authsvc != STARTUP_KRB4_MSG && authsvc != STARTUP_KRB5_MSG)
-		sprintf(PQerrormsg, "fe_getauthname: invalid authentication system: %d\n", authsvc);
+		snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
+				 libpq_gettext("fe_getauthname: invalid authentication system: %d\n"),
+				 authsvc);
 	if (name && (authn = (char *) malloc(strlen(name) + 1)))
 		strcpy(authn, name);

--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 *
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v 1.166 2001/07/06 19:04:23 petere Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v 1.167 2001/07/15 13:45:04 petere Exp $
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ PQsetdbLogin(const char *pghost, const char *pgport, const char *pgoptions,
 	{
 		error = TRUE;
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "FATAL: PQsetdbLogin(): Unable to determine a Postgres username!\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("could not determine the PostgreSQL user name to use\n"));
 	}
 	if (pwd)
@@ -710,8 +710,8 @@ connectMakeNonblocking(PGconn *conn)
 #endif
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-			  "connectMakeNonblocking -- fcntl() failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+						  libpq_gettext("could not socket to non-blocking mode: %s\n"),
-						  errno, strerror(errno));
+						  strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -734,8 +734,8 @@ connectNoDelay(PGconn *conn)
 				   sizeof(on)) < 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				 "connectNoDelay() -- setsockopt failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+						  libpq_gettext("could not set socket to TCP no delay mode: %s\n"),
-						  errno, strerror(errno));
+						  strerror(errno));
 #ifdef WIN32
 		printf("Winsock error: %i\n", WSAGetLastError());
 #endif
@@ -752,26 +752,30 @@ connectNoDelay(PGconn *conn)
 * ----------
 */
 static void
-connectFailureMessage(PGconn *conn, const char *caller, int errorno)
+connectFailureMessage(PGconn *conn, int errorno)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
 	if (conn->raddr.sa.sa_family == AF_UNIX)
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "%s -- connect() failed: %s\n"
+						  libpq_gettext(
-						  "\tIs the postmaster running locally\n"
+							  "could not connect to server: %s\n"
-					"\tand accepting connections on Unix socket '%s'?\n",
+							  "\tIs the server running locally and accepting\n"
-						  caller,
+							  "\tconnections on Unix domain socket \"%s\"?\n"
+							  ),
 						  strerror(errorno),
 						  conn->raddr.un.sun_path);
 	else
-#endif
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "%s -- connect() failed: %s\n"
+						  libpq_gettext(
-						"\tIs the postmaster running (with -i) at '%s'\n"
+							  "could not connect to server: %s\n"
-					  "\tand accepting connections on TCP/IP port %s?\n",
+							  "\tIs the server running on host %s and accepting\n"
-						  caller,
+							  "\tTCP/IP connections on port %s?\n"
+							  ),
 						  strerror(errorno),
-						  conn->pghost ? conn->pghost : "localhost",
+						  conn->pghost
+						  ? conn->pghost
+						  : (conn->pghostaddr
+							 ? conn->pghostaddr
+							 : "???"),
 						  conn->pgport);
 }
@@ -827,8 +831,8 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
 		if (!inet_aton(conn->pghostaddr, &addr))
 		{
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							  "connectDBStart() -- "
+							  libpq_gettext("invalid host address: %s\n"),
-						 "invalid host address: %s\n", conn->pghostaddr);
+							  conn->pghostaddr);
 			goto connect_errReturn;
 		}
@@ -846,7 +850,7 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
 		if ((hp == NULL) || (hp->h_addrtype != AF_INET))
 		{
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						   "connectDBStart() --  unknown hostname: %s\n",
+							  libpq_gettext("unknown host name: %s\n"),
 							  conn->pghost);
 			goto connect_errReturn;
 		}
@@ -858,7 +862,7 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		/* pghostaddr and pghost are NULL, so use UDP */
+		/* pghostaddr and pghost are NULL, so use Unix domain socket */
 		family = AF_UNIX;
 	}
@@ -888,9 +892,8 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
 	if ((conn->sock = socket(family, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "connectDBStart() -- "
+						  libpq_gettext("could not create socket: %s\n"),
-						  "socket() failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+						  strerror(errno));
-						  errno, strerror(errno));
 		goto connect_errReturn;
 	}
@@ -950,7 +953,7 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
 		else
 		{
 			/* Something's gone wrong */
-			connectFailureMessage(conn, "connectDBStart()", errno);
+			connectFailureMessage(conn, errno);
 			goto connect_errReturn;
 		}
 	}
@@ -969,15 +972,16 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
 		if (pqPacketSend(conn, (char *) &np, sizeof(StartupPacket)) != STATUS_OK)
 		{
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							  "connectDB() -- couldn't send SSL negotiation packet: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+							  libpq_gettext("could not send SSL negotiation packet: %s\n"),
-							  errno, strerror(errno));
+							  strerror(errno));
 			goto connect_errReturn;
 		}
 		/* Now receive the postmasters response */
 		if (recv(conn->sock, &SSLok, 1, 0) != 1)
 		{
-			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage, "PQconnectDB() -- couldn't read postmaster response: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							  errno, strerror(errno));
+							  libpq_gettext("could not receive server response to SSL negotiation packet: %s\n"),
+							  strerror(errno));
 			goto connect_errReturn;
 		}
 		if (SSLok == 'S')
@@ -990,7 +994,7 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
 				if (!SSL_context)
 				{
 					printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-					  "connectDB() -- couldn't create SSL context: %s\n",
+									  libpq_gettext("could not create SSL context: %s\n"),
 									  ERR_reason_error_string(ERR_get_error()));
 					goto connect_errReturn;
 				}
@@ -1000,7 +1004,7 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
 				SSL_connect(conn->ssl) <= 0)
 			{
 				printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				"connectDB() -- couldn't establish SSL connection: %s\n",
+								  libpq_gettext("could not establish SSL connection: %s\n"),
 								  ERR_reason_error_string(ERR_get_error()));
 				goto connect_errReturn;
 			}
@@ -1018,7 +1022,8 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
 		else if (SSLok != 'N')
 		{
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							  "Received invalid negotiation response.\n");
+							  libpq_gettext("received invalid response to SSL negotiation: %c\n"),
+							  SSLok);
 			goto connect_errReturn;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1026,7 +1031,7 @@ connectDBStart(PGconn *conn)
 	{
 		/* Require SSL, but server does not support/want it */
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				 "Server does not support SSL when SSL was required.\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("server does not support SSL, but SSL was required\n"));
 		goto connect_errReturn;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -1194,8 +1199,10 @@ PQconnectPoll(PGconn *conn)
 		default:
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						 "PQconnectPoll() -- unknown connection state - "
+							  libpq_gettext(
-						  "probably indicative of memory corruption!\n");
+								  "invalid connection state, "
+								  "probably indicative of memory corruption\n"
+								  ));
 			goto error_return;
 	}
@@ -1231,9 +1238,8 @@ keep_going:						/* We will come back to here until there
 							   (char *) &optval, &optlen) == -1)
 				{
 					printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							   "PQconnectPoll() -- getsockopt() failed: "
+									  libpq_gettext("could not get socket error status: %s\n"),
-									  "errno=%d\n%s\n",
+									  strerror(errno));
-									  errno, strerror(errno));
 					goto error_return;
 				}
 				else if (optval != 0)
@@ -1244,7 +1250,7 @@ keep_going:						/* We will come back to here until there
 					 * see connect failures at this point, so provide a
 					 * friendly error message.
 					 */
-					connectFailureMessage(conn, "PQconnectPoll()", optval);
+					connectFailureMessage(conn, optval);
 					goto error_return;
 				}
@@ -1253,9 +1259,8 @@ keep_going:						/* We will come back to here until there
 				if (getsockname(conn->sock, &conn->laddr.sa, &laddrlen) < 0)
 				{
 					printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							  "PQconnectPoll() -- getsockname() failed: "
+									  libpq_gettext("could not get client address from socket: %s\n"),
-									  "errno=%d\n%s\n",
+									  strerror(errno));
-									  errno, strerror(errno));
 					goto error_return;
 				}
@@ -1293,10 +1298,8 @@ keep_going:						/* We will come back to here until there
 								 sizeof(StartupPacket)) != STATUS_OK)
 				{
 					printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-									  "PQconnectPoll() --  "
+									  libpq_gettext("could not send startup packet: %s\n"),
-									  "couldn't send startup packet: "
+									  strerror(errno));
-									  "errno=%d\n%s\n",
-									  errno, strerror(errno));
 					goto error_return;
 				}
@@ -1350,8 +1353,11 @@ keep_going:						/* We will come back to here until there
 				if (beresp != 'R')
 				{
 					printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-									  "PQconnectPoll() -- expected "
+									  libpq_gettext(
-									  "authentication request\n");
+										  "expected authentication request from "
+										  "server, but received %c\n"
+										  ),
+									  beresp);
 					goto error_return;
 				}
@@ -1451,8 +1457,7 @@ keep_going:						/* We will come back to here until there
 				{
 					if (res->resultStatus != PGRES_FATAL_ERROR)
 						printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-								 "PQconnectPoll() -- unexpected message "
+										  libpq_gettext("unexpected message from server during startup\n"));
-										  "during startup\n");
 					/*
 					 * if the resultStatus is FATAL, then
@@ -1510,8 +1515,11 @@ keep_going:						/* We will come back to here until there
 		default:
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						 "PQconnectPoll() -- unknown connection state - "
+							  libpq_gettext(
-						  "probably indicative of memory corruption!\n");
+								  "invalid connection state %c, "
+								  "probably indicative of memory corruption\n"
+								  ),
+							  conn->status);
 			goto error_return;
 	}
@@ -1611,8 +1619,11 @@ PQsetenvPoll(PGconn *conn)
 		default:
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							  "PQsetenvPoll() -- unknown state - "
+							  libpq_gettext(
-						  "probably indicative of memory corruption!\n");
+								  "invalid setenv state %c, "
+								  "probably indicative of memory corruption\n"
+								  ),
+							  conn->setenv_state);
 			goto error_return;
 	}
@@ -1649,8 +1660,9 @@ keep_going:						/* We will come back to here until there
 					if (encoding < 0)
 					{
-						strcpy(conn->errorMessage.data,
+						printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						"PGCLIENTENCODING has no valid encoding name.\n");
+										  libpq_gettext("invalid encoding name in PGCLIENTENCODING: %s\n"),
+										  env);
 						goto error_return;
 					}
 					conn->client_encoding = encoding;
@@ -1774,8 +1786,9 @@ keep_going:						/* We will come back to here until there
 		default:
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							  "PQsetenvPoll() -- unknown state - "
+							  libpq_gettext("invalid state %c, "
-						  "probably indicative of memory corruption!\n");
+											"probably indicative of memory corruption\n"),
+							  conn->setenv_state);
 			goto error_return;
 	}
@@ -2386,7 +2399,7 @@ conninfo_parse(const char *conninfo, PQExpBuffer errorMessage)
 	if (options == NULL)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(errorMessage,
-		"FATAL: cannot allocate memory for copy of PQconninfoOptions\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("out of memory\n"));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	memcpy(options, PQconninfoOptions, sizeof(PQconninfoOptions));
@@ -2395,7 +2408,7 @@ conninfo_parse(const char *conninfo, PQExpBuffer errorMessage)
 	if ((buf = strdup(conninfo)) == NULL)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(errorMessage,
-		  "FATAL: cannot allocate memory for copy of conninfo string\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("out of memory\n"));
 		PQconninfoFree(options);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -2434,7 +2447,7 @@ conninfo_parse(const char *conninfo, PQExpBuffer errorMessage)
 		if (*cp != '=')
 		{
 			printfPQExpBuffer(errorMessage,
-						   "ERROR: Missing '=' after '%s' in conninfo\n",
+							  libpq_gettext("missing \"=\" after \"%s\" in connection info string\n"),
 							  pname);
 			PQconninfoFree(options);
 			free(buf);
@@ -2483,7 +2496,7 @@ conninfo_parse(const char *conninfo, PQExpBuffer errorMessage)
 				if (*cp == '\0')
 				{
 					printfPQExpBuffer(errorMessage,
-									  "ERROR: PQconnectdb() - unterminated quoted string in conninfo\n");
+									  libpq_gettext("unterminated quoted string in connection info string\n"));
 					PQconninfoFree(options);
 					free(buf);
 					return NULL;
@@ -2517,7 +2530,7 @@ conninfo_parse(const char *conninfo, PQExpBuffer errorMessage)
 		if (option->keyword == NULL)
 		{
 			printfPQExpBuffer(errorMessage,
-							  "ERROR: Unknown conninfo option '%s'\n",
+							  libpq_gettext("invalid connection option \"%s\"\n"),
 							  pname);
 			PQconninfoFree(options);
 			free(buf);
@@ -2702,7 +2715,7 @@ char *
 PQerrorMessage(const PGconn *conn)
 {
 	if (!conn)
-		return "PQerrorMessage: conn pointer is NULL\n";
+		return libpq_gettext("connection pointer is NULL\n");
 	return conn->errorMessage.data;
 }

--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 *
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.102 2001/07/06 17:58:53 petere Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.103 2001/07/15 13:45:04 petere Exp $
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ PQsendQuery(PGconn *conn, const char *query)
 	if (!query)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "PQsendQuery() -- query pointer is null.\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("command string is a null pointer\n"));
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -517,15 +517,14 @@ PQsendQuery(PGconn *conn, const char *query)
 	if (conn->status != CONNECTION_OK)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "PQsendQuery() -- There is no connection "
+						  libpq_gettext("no connection to the server\n"));
-						  "to the backend.\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 	/* Can't send while already busy, either. */
 	if (conn->asyncStatus != PGASYNC_IDLE)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				"PQsendQuery() -- another query already in progress.\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("another command is already in progress\n"));
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -727,8 +726,8 @@ parseInput(PGconn *conn)
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				sprintf(noticeWorkspace,
+				snprintf(noticeWorkspace, sizeof(noticeWorkspace),
-					  "Backend message type 0x%02x arrived while idle\n",
+						 libpq_gettext("message type 0x%02x arrived from server while idle\n"),
 						 id);
 				DONOTICE(conn, noticeWorkspace);
 				/* Discard the unexpected message; good idea?? */
@@ -770,8 +769,8 @@ parseInput(PGconn *conn)
 						return;
 					if (id != '\0')
 					{
-						sprintf(noticeWorkspace,
+						snprintf(noticeWorkspace, sizeof(noticeWorkspace),
-								"unexpected character %c following 'I'\n",
+								 libpq_gettext("unexpected character %c following empty query response (\"I\" message)\n"),
 								 id);
 						DONOTICE(conn, noticeWorkspace);
 					}
@@ -828,8 +827,8 @@ parseInput(PGconn *conn)
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						sprintf(noticeWorkspace,
+						snprintf(noticeWorkspace, sizeof(noticeWorkspace),
-							 "Backend sent D message without prior T\n");
+								 libpq_gettext("server sent data (\"D\" message) without prior row description (\"T\" message)\n"));
 						DONOTICE(conn, noticeWorkspace);
 						/* Discard the unexpected message; good idea?? */
 						conn->inStart = conn->inEnd;
@@ -845,8 +844,8 @@ parseInput(PGconn *conn)
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						sprintf(noticeWorkspace,
+						snprintf(noticeWorkspace, sizeof(noticeWorkspace),
-							 "Backend sent B message without prior T\n");
+								 libpq_gettext("server sent binary data (\"B\" message) without prior row description (\"T\" message)\n"));
 						DONOTICE(conn, noticeWorkspace);
 						/* Discard the unexpected message; good idea?? */
 						conn->inStart = conn->inEnd;
@@ -861,9 +860,8 @@ parseInput(PGconn *conn)
 					break;
 				default:
 					printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-					"Unknown protocol character '%c' read from backend.  "
+									  libpq_gettext(
-					"(The protocol character is the first character the "
+										  "unexpected response from server; first received character was \"%c\"\n"),
-									  "backend sends in response to a query it receives).\n",
 									  id);
 					/* build an error result holding the error message */
 					saveErrorResult(conn);
@@ -1069,7 +1067,7 @@ outOfMemory:
 	 */
 	pqClearAsyncResult(conn);
 	printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-					  "getAnotherTuple() -- out of memory for result\n");
+					  libpq_gettext("out of memory\n"));
 	conn->result = PQmakeEmptyPGresult(conn, PGRES_FATAL_ERROR);
 	conn->asyncStatus = PGASYNC_READY;
 	/* Discard the failed message --- good idea? */
@@ -1157,7 +1155,7 @@ PQgetResult(PGconn *conn)
 			break;
 		default:
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							  "PQgetResult: Unexpected asyncStatus %d\n",
+							  libpq_gettext("unexpected asyncStatus: %d\n"),
 							  (int) conn->asyncStatus);
 			res = PQmakeEmptyPGresult(conn, PGRES_FATAL_ERROR);
 			break;
@@ -1207,7 +1205,7 @@ PQexec(PGconn *conn, const char *query)
 		{
 			PQclear(result);
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				"PQexec: you gotta get out of a COPY state yourself.\n");
+							  libpq_gettext("COPY state must be terminated first\n"));
 			/* restore blocking status */
 			goto errout;
 		}
@@ -1545,7 +1543,7 @@ PQendcopy(PGconn *conn)
 		conn->asyncStatus != PGASYNC_COPY_OUT)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-		   "PQendcopy() -- I don't think there's a copy in progress.\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("no COPY in progress\n"));
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -1584,7 +1582,7 @@ PQendcopy(PGconn *conn)
 	if (conn->errorMessage.len > 0)
 		DONOTICE(conn, conn->errorMessage.data);
-	DONOTICE(conn, "PQendcopy: resetting connection\n");
+	DONOTICE(conn, libpq_gettext("lost synchronization with server, resetting connection\n"));
 	/*
 	 * Users doing non-blocking connections need to handle the reset
@@ -1649,7 +1647,7 @@ PQfn(PGconn *conn,
 		conn->result != NULL)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "PQfn() -- connection in wrong state\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("connection in wrong state\n"));
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -1751,7 +1749,7 @@ PQfn(PGconn *conn,
 				{
 					/* The backend violates the protocol. */
 					printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-								"FATAL: PQfn: protocol error: id=0x%x\n",
+									  libpq_gettext("protocol error: id=0x%x\n"),
 									  id);
 					saveErrorResult(conn);
 					conn->inStart = conn->inCursor;
@@ -1785,7 +1783,7 @@ PQfn(PGconn *conn,
 			default:
 				/* The backend violates the protocol. */
 				printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-								"FATAL: PQfn: protocol error: id=0x%x\n",
+								  libpq_gettext("protocol error: id=0x%x\n"),
 								  id);
 				saveErrorResult(conn);
 				conn->inStart = conn->inCursor;
@@ -1820,7 +1818,7 @@ char *
 PQresStatus(ExecStatusType status)
 {
 	if (status < 0 || status >= sizeof pgresStatus / sizeof pgresStatus[0])
-		return "Invalid ExecStatusType code";
+		return libpq_gettext("invalid ExecStatusType code");
 	return pgresStatus[status];
 }
@@ -1862,7 +1860,7 @@ PQbinaryTuples(const PGresult *res)
 */
 static int
-check_field_number(const char *routineName, const PGresult *res, int field_num)
+check_field_number(const PGresult *res, int field_num)
 {
 	char		noticeBuf[128];
@@ -1872,9 +1870,9 @@ check_field_number(const char *routineName, const PGresult *res, int field_num)
 	{
 		if (res->noticeHook)
 		{
-			sprintf(noticeBuf,
+			snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-					"%s: ERROR! field number %d is out of range 0..%d\n",
+					 libpq_gettext("column number %d is out of range 0..%d\n"),
-					routineName, field_num, res->numAttributes - 1);
+					 field_num, res->numAttributes - 1);
 			DONOTICE(res, noticeBuf);
 		}
 		return FALSE;
@@ -1883,7 +1881,7 @@ check_field_number(const char *routineName, const PGresult *res, int field_num)
 }
 static int
-check_tuple_field_number(const char *routineName, const PGresult *res,
+check_tuple_field_number(const PGresult *res,
 						 int tup_num, int field_num)
 {
 	char		noticeBuf[128];
@@ -1894,9 +1892,9 @@ check_tuple_field_number(const char *routineName, const PGresult *res,
 	{
 		if (res->noticeHook)
 		{
-			sprintf(noticeBuf,
+			snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-					"%s: ERROR! tuple number %d is out of range 0..%d\n",
+					libpq_gettext("row number %d is out of range 0..%d\n"),
-					routineName, tup_num, res->ntups - 1);
+					tup_num, res->ntups - 1);
 			DONOTICE(res, noticeBuf);
 		}
 		return FALSE;
@@ -1905,9 +1903,9 @@ check_tuple_field_number(const char *routineName, const PGresult *res,
 	{
 		if (res->noticeHook)
 		{
-			sprintf(noticeBuf,
+			snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-					"%s: ERROR! field number %d is out of range 0..%d\n",
+					libpq_gettext("column number %d is out of range 0..%d\n"),
-					routineName, field_num, res->numAttributes - 1);
+					field_num, res->numAttributes - 1);
 			DONOTICE(res, noticeBuf);
 		}
 		return FALSE;
@@ -1921,7 +1919,7 @@ check_tuple_field_number(const char *routineName, const PGresult *res,
 char *
 PQfname(const PGresult *res, int field_num)
 {
-	if (!check_field_number("PQfname", res, field_num))
+	if (!check_field_number(res, field_num))
 		return NULL;
 	if (res->attDescs)
 		return res->attDescs[field_num].name;
@@ -1972,7 +1970,7 @@ PQfnumber(const PGresult *res, const char *field_name)
 Oid
 PQftype(const PGresult *res, int field_num)
 {
-	if (!check_field_number("PQftype", res, field_num))
+	if (!check_field_number(res, field_num))
 		return InvalidOid;
 	if (res->attDescs)
 		return res->attDescs[field_num].typid;
@@ -1983,7 +1981,7 @@ PQftype(const PGresult *res, int field_num)
 int
 PQfsize(const PGresult *res, int field_num)
 {
-	if (!check_field_number("PQfsize", res, field_num))
+	if (!check_field_number(res, field_num))
 		return 0;
 	if (res->attDescs)
 		return res->attDescs[field_num].typlen;
@@ -1994,7 +1992,7 @@ PQfsize(const PGresult *res, int field_num)
 int
 PQfmod(const PGresult *res, int field_num)
 {
-	if (!check_field_number("PQfmod", res, field_num))
+	if (!check_field_number(res, field_num))
 		return 0;
 	if (res->attDescs)
 		return res->attDescs[field_num].atttypmod;
@@ -2085,8 +2083,8 @@ PQcmdTuples(PGresult *res)
 		{
 			if (res->noticeHook)
 			{
-				sprintf(noticeBuf,
+				snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-						"PQcmdTuples (%s) -- bad input from server\n",
+						libpq_gettext("could not interpret result from server: %s\n"),
 						res->cmdStatus);
 				DONOTICE(res, noticeBuf);
 			}
@@ -2101,8 +2099,8 @@ PQcmdTuples(PGresult *res)
 		{
 			if (res->noticeHook)
 			{
-				sprintf(noticeBuf,
+				snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-					 "PQcmdTuples (INSERT) -- there's no # of tuples\n");
+						 libpq_gettext("no row count available\n"));
 				DONOTICE(res, noticeBuf);
 			}
 			return "";
@@ -2126,7 +2124,7 @@ PQcmdTuples(PGresult *res)
 char *
 PQgetvalue(const PGresult *res, int tup_num, int field_num)
 {
-	if (!check_tuple_field_number("PQgetvalue", res, tup_num, field_num))
+	if (!check_tuple_field_number(res, tup_num, field_num))
 		return NULL;
 	return res->tuples[tup_num][field_num].value;
 }
@@ -2140,7 +2138,7 @@ PQgetvalue(const PGresult *res, int tup_num, int field_num)
 int
 PQgetlength(const PGresult *res, int tup_num, int field_num)
 {
-	if (!check_tuple_field_number("PQgetlength", res, tup_num, field_num))
+	if (!check_tuple_field_number(res, tup_num, field_num))
 		return 0;
 	if (res->tuples[tup_num][field_num].len != NULL_LEN)
 		return res->tuples[tup_num][field_num].len;
@@ -2154,7 +2152,7 @@ PQgetlength(const PGresult *res, int tup_num, int field_num)
 int
 PQgetisnull(const PGresult *res, int tup_num, int field_num)
 {
-	if (!check_tuple_field_number("PQgetisnull", res, tup_num, field_num))
+	if (!check_tuple_field_number(res, tup_num, field_num))
 		return 1;				/* pretend it is null */
 	if (res->tuples[tup_num][field_num].len == NULL_LEN)
 		return 1;

--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-lobj.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-lobj.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 *
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-lobj.c,v 1.34 2001/03/22 06:16:20 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-lobj.c,v 1.35 2001/07/15 13:45:04 petere Exp $
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include "libpq-fe.h"
 #include "libpq-int.h"
@@ -395,8 +396,8 @@ lo_import(PGconn *conn, const char *filename)
 	if (fd < 0)
 	{							/* error */
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "lo_import: can't open unix file\"%s\"\n",
+						  libpq_gettext("could not open file \"%s\": %s\n"),
-						  filename);
+						  filename, strerror(errno));
 		return InvalidOid;
 	}
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ lo_import(PGconn *conn, const char *filename)
 	if (lobjOid == InvalidOid)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "lo_import: can't create inv object for \"%s\"",
+						  libpq_gettext("could not create large object for file \"%s\"\n"),
 						  filename);
 		return InvalidOid;
 	}
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ lo_import(PGconn *conn, const char *filename)
 	if (lobj == -1)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "lo_import: could not open inv object oid %u",
+						  libpq_gettext("could not open large object %u\n"),
 						  lobjOid);
 		return InvalidOid;
 	}
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ lo_import(PGconn *conn, const char *filename)
 		if (tmp < nbytes)
 		{
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							  "lo_import: error while reading \"%s\"",
+							  libpq_gettext("error while reading file \"%s\"\n"),
 							  filename);
 			return InvalidOid;
 		}
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ lo_export(PGconn *conn, Oid lobjId, const char *filename)
 	if (lobj == -1)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "lo_export: can't open inv object %u", lobjId);
+						  libpq_gettext("could not open large object %u\n"), lobjId);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -474,8 +475,8 @@ lo_export(PGconn *conn, Oid lobjId, const char *filename)
 	if (fd < 0)
 	{							/* error */
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "lo_export: can't open unix file\"%s\"",
+						  libpq_gettext("could not open file \"%s\": %s\n"),
-						  filename);
+						  filename, strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ lo_export(PGconn *conn, Oid lobjId, const char *filename)
 		if (tmp < nbytes)
 		{
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							  "lo_export: error while writing \"%s\"",
+							  libpq_gettext("error while writing to file \"%s\"\n"),
 							  filename);
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -525,7 +526,7 @@ lo_initialize(PGconn *conn)
 	if (lobjfuncs == (PGlobjfuncs *) NULL)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "FATAL: malloc() failed in lo_initialize()\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("out of memory\n"));
 		return -1;
 	}
 	MemSet((char *) lobjfuncs, 0, sizeof(PGlobjfuncs));
@@ -553,7 +554,7 @@ lo_initialize(PGconn *conn)
 		free(lobjfuncs);
 		PQclear(res);
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				"ERROR: SELECT didn't return data in lo_initialize()\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("query to initialize large object functions did not return data\n"));
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -591,56 +592,56 @@ lo_initialize(PGconn *conn)
 	if (lobjfuncs->fn_lo_open == 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				   "ERROR: Cannot determine OID for function lo_open\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("cannot determine OID of function lo_open\n"));
 		free(lobjfuncs);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (lobjfuncs->fn_lo_close == 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				  "ERROR: Cannot determine OID for function lo_close\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("cannot determine OID of function lo_close\n"));
 		free(lobjfuncs);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (lobjfuncs->fn_lo_creat == 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				  "ERROR: Cannot determine OID for function lo_creat\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("cannot determine OID of function lo_creat\n"));
 		free(lobjfuncs);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (lobjfuncs->fn_lo_unlink == 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				 "ERROR: Cannot determine OID for function lo_unlink\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("cannot determine OID of function lo_unlink\n"));
 		free(lobjfuncs);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (lobjfuncs->fn_lo_lseek == 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				  "ERROR: Cannot determine OID for function lo_lseek\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("cannot determine OID of function lo_lseek\n"));
 		free(lobjfuncs);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (lobjfuncs->fn_lo_tell == 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				   "ERROR: Cannot determine OID for function lo_tell\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("cannot determine OID of function lo_tell\n"));
 		free(lobjfuncs);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (lobjfuncs->fn_lo_read == 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-					"ERROR: Cannot determine OID for function loread\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("cannot determine OID of function loread\n"));
 		free(lobjfuncs);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (lobjfuncs->fn_lo_write == 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-				   "ERROR: Cannot determine OID for function lowrite\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("cannot determine OID of function lowrite\n"));
 		free(lobjfuncs);
 		return -1;
 	}

--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 *
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c,v 1.50 2001/07/06 17:58:53 petere Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c,v 1.51 2001/07/15 13:45:04 petere Exp $
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ pqPutBytes(const char *s, size_t nbytes, PGconn *conn)
 		if (nbytes > Max(conn->outBufSize - conn->outCount, 0))
 		{
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						   "pqPutBytes --  pqFlush couldn't flush enough"
+							  libpq_gettext("could not flush enough data (space available: %d, space needed %d)\n"),
-						 " data: space available: %d, space needed %d\n",
 							  Max(conn->outBufSize - conn->outCount, 0), nbytes);
 			return EOF;
 		}
@@ -276,8 +275,9 @@ pqGetInt(int *result, size_t bytes, PGconn *conn)
 			*result = (int) ntohl(tmp4);
 			break;
 		default:
-			sprintf(noticeBuf,
+			snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-					"pqGetInt: int size %lu not supported\n", (unsigned long) bytes);
+					 libpq_gettext("integer of size %lu not supported by pqGetInt\n"),
+					 (unsigned long) bytes);
 			DONOTICE(conn, noticeBuf);
 			return EOF;
 	}
@@ -313,8 +313,9 @@ pqPutInt(int value, size_t bytes, PGconn *conn)
 				return EOF;
 			break;
 		default:
-			sprintf(noticeBuf,
+			snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-					"pqPutInt: int size %lu not supported\n", (unsigned long) bytes);
+					 libpq_gettext("integer of size %lu not supported by pqPutInt\n"),
+					 (unsigned long) bytes);
 			DONOTICE(conn, noticeBuf);
 			return EOF;
 	}
@@ -351,8 +352,8 @@ retry:
 			goto retry;
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-					  "pqReadReady() -- select() failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+						  libpq_gettext("select() failed: %s\n"),
-						  errno, strerror(errno));
+						  strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -385,8 +386,8 @@ retry:
 			goto retry;
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-					 "pqWriteReady() -- select() failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+						  libpq_gettext("select() failed: %s\n"),
-						  errno, strerror(errno));
+						  strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
 	return FD_ISSET(conn->sock, &input_mask) ? 1 : 0;
@@ -411,7 +412,7 @@ pqReadData(PGconn *conn)
 	if (conn->sock < 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "pqReadData() -- connection not open\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("connection not open\n"));
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -482,8 +483,8 @@ tryAgain:
 			goto definitelyFailed;
 #endif
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						"pqReadData() --  read() failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+						  libpq_gettext("could not receive data from server: %s\n"),
-						  errno, strerror(errno));
+						  strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (nread > 0)
@@ -568,8 +569,8 @@ tryAgain2:
 			goto definitelyFailed;
 #endif
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						"pqReadData() --  read() failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+						  libpq_gettext("could not receive data from server: %s\n"),
-						  errno, strerror(errno));
+						  strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (nread > 0)
@@ -584,9 +585,10 @@ tryAgain2:
 	 */
 definitelyFailed:
 	printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-			 "pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.\n"
+					  libpq_gettext(
-			  "\tThis probably means the backend terminated abnormally\n"
+						  "server closed the connection unexpectedly\n"
-					  "\tbefore or while processing the request.\n");
+						  "\tThis probably means the server terminated abnormally\n"
+						  "\tbefore or while processing the request.\n"));
 	conn->status = CONNECTION_BAD;		/* No more connection to backend */
 #ifdef WIN32
 	closesocket(conn->sock);
@@ -610,7 +612,7 @@ pqFlush(PGconn *conn)
 	if (conn->sock < 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "pqFlush() -- connection not open\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("connection not open\n"));
 		return EOF;
 	}
@@ -627,7 +629,6 @@ pqFlush(PGconn *conn)
 		/* Prevent being SIGPIPEd if backend has closed the connection. */
 #ifndef WIN32
 		pqsigfunc	oldsighandler = pqsignal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 #endif
 		int			sent;
@@ -669,9 +670,10 @@ pqFlush(PGconn *conn)
 				case ECONNRESET:
 #endif
 					printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-									  "pqFlush() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.\n"
+									  libpq_gettext(
-									  "\tThis probably means the backend terminated abnormally"
+										  "server closed the connection unexpectedly\n"
-						   " before or while processing the request.\n");
+										  "\tThis probably means the server terminated abnormally\n"
+										  "\tbefore or while processing the request.\n"));
 					/*
 					 * We used to close the socket here, but that's a bad
@@ -685,8 +687,8 @@ pqFlush(PGconn *conn)
 				default:
 					printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-					  "pqFlush() --  couldn't send data: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+									  libpq_gettext("could not send data to server: %s\n"),
-									  errno, strerror(errno));
+									  strerror(errno));
 					/* We don't assume it's a fatal error... */
 					return EOF;
 			}
@@ -751,7 +753,7 @@ pqWait(int forRead, int forWrite, PGconn *conn)
 	if (conn->sock < 0)
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-						  "pqWait() -- connection not open\n");
+						  libpq_gettext("connection not open\n"));
 		return EOF;
 	}
@@ -772,8 +774,8 @@ retry:
 			if (errno == EINTR)
 				goto retry;
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
-							  "pqWait() -- select() failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+							  libpq_gettext("select() failed: %s\n"),
-							  errno, strerror(errno));
+							  strerror(errno));
 			return EOF;
 		}
 	}
@@ -831,3 +833,20 @@ PQenv2encoding(void)
 }
 #endif	 /* MULTIBYTE */
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+char *
+libpq_gettext(const char *msgid)
+{
+	static int already_bound = 0;
+	if (!already_bound)
+	{
+		already_bound = 1;
+		bindtextdomain("libpq", LOCALEDIR);
+	}
+	return dgettext("libpq", msgid);
+}
+#endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-int.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-int.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
- * $Id: libpq-int.h,v 1.35 2001/07/06 19:04:23 petere Exp $
+ * $Id: libpq-int.h,v 1.36 2001/07/15 13:45:04 petere Exp $
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
@@ -343,4 +343,14 @@ extern int	pqWriteReady(PGconn *conn);
 */
 #define pqIsnonblocking(conn)	((conn)->nonblocking)
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+extern char * libpq_gettext(const char *msgid)
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+__attribute__((format_arg(1)))
+#endif
+;
+#else
+#define libpq_gettext(x) (x)
+#endif
 #endif	 /* LIBPQ_INT_H */
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/nls.mk
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/nls.mk
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/nls.mk,v 1.1 2001/07/15 13:45:04 petere Exp $
+CATALOG_NAME	:= libpq
+AVAIL_LANGUAGES	:= de
+GETTEXT_FILES	:= fe-auth.c fe-connect.c fe-exec.c fe-lobj.c fe-misc.c
+GETTEXT_TRIGGERS:= libpq_gettext