Message style improvements

src/bin/pg_archivecleanup/pg_archivecleanup.c

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ SetWALFileNameForCleanup(void)
 
 	if (!fnameOK)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: invalid filename input\n"), progname);
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: invalid file name argument\n"), progname);
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
 		exit(2);
 	}
@@ -350,14 +350,14 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: must specify restartfilename\n"), progname);
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: must specify oldest kept WAL file\n"), progname);
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
 		exit(2);
 	}
 
 	if (optind < argc)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: too many parameters\n"), progname);
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: too many command-line arguments\n"), progname);
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
 		exit(2);
 	}
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	{
 		snprintf(WALFilePath, MAXPGPATH, "%s/%s",
 				 archiveLocation, exclusiveCleanupFileName);
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: keep WAL file \"%s\" and later\n"),
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: keeping WAL file \"%s\" and later\n"),
 				progname, WALFilePath);
 	}
 

src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivewal.c

@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ FindStreamingStart(uint32 *tli)
 			}
 			if (lseek(fd, (off_t) (-4), SEEK_END) < 0)
 			{
-				fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not seek compressed file \"%s\": %s\n"),
+				fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not seek in compressed file \"%s\": %s\n"),
 						progname, fullpath, strerror(errno));
 				disconnect_and_exit(1);
 			}

src/bin/pg_basebackup/receivelog.c

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ open_walfile(StreamCtl *stream, XLogRecPtr startpoint)
 			if (stream->walmethod->sync(f) != 0)
 			{
 				fprintf(stderr,
-						_("%s: could not sync existing write-ahead log file \"%s\": %s\n"),
+						_("%s: could not fsync existing write-ahead log file \"%s\": %s\n"),
 						progname, fn, stream->walmethod->getlasterror());
 				stream->walmethod->close(f, CLOSE_UNLINK);
 				return false;
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ open_walfile(StreamCtl *stream, XLogRecPtr startpoint)
 			if (errno == 0)
 				errno = ENOSPC;
 			fprintf(stderr,
-					_("%s: write-ahead log file \"%s\" has %d bytes, should be 0 or %d\n"),
+					ngettext("%s: write-ahead log file \"%s\" has %d byte, should be 0 or %d\n",
+							 "%s: write-ahead log file \"%s\" has %d bytes, should be 0 or %d\n",
+							 size),
 					progname, fn, (int) size, XLogSegSize);
 			return false;
 		}

src/bin/pg_basebackup/walmethods.c

@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ tar_write_compressed_data(void *buf, size_t count, bool flush)
 		r = deflate(tar_data->zp, flush ? Z_FINISH : Z_NO_FLUSH);
 		if (r == Z_STREAM_ERROR)
 		{
-			tar_set_error("deflate failed");
+			tar_set_error("could not compress data");
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ tar_write_compressed_data(void *buf, size_t count, bool flush)
 		/* Reset the stream for writing */
 		if (deflateReset(tar_data->zp) != Z_OK)
 		{
-			tar_set_error("deflateReset failed");
+			tar_set_error("could not reset compression stream");
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ tar_open_for_write(const char *pathname, const char *temp_suffix, size_t pad_to_
 			{
 				pg_free(tar_data->zp);
 				tar_data->zp = NULL;
-				tar_set_error("deflateInit2 failed");
+				tar_set_error("could not initialize compression library");
 				return NULL;
 			}
 		}
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ tar_open_for_write(const char *pathname, const char *temp_suffix, size_t pad_to_
 	Assert(tar_data->currentfile == NULL);
 	if (tar_data->currentfile != NULL)
 	{
-		tar_set_error("implementation error: tar files can't have more than one open file\n");
+		tar_set_error("implementation error: tar files can't have more than one open file");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ tar_open_for_write(const char *pathname, const char *temp_suffix, size_t pad_to_
 		/* Turn off compression for header */
 		if (deflateParams(tar_data->zp, 0, 0) != Z_OK)
 		{
-			tar_set_error("deflateParams failed");
+			tar_set_error("could not change compression parameters");
 			return NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ tar_open_for_write(const char *pathname, const char *temp_suffix, size_t pad_to_
 		/* Re-enable compression for the rest of the file */
 		if (deflateParams(tar_data->zp, tar_data->compression, 0) != Z_OK)
 		{
-			tar_set_error("deflateParams failed");
+			tar_set_error("could not change compression parameters");
 			return NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ tar_close(Walfile f, WalCloseMethod method)
 		/* Turn off compression */
 		if (deflateParams(tar_data->zp, 0, 0) != Z_OK)
 		{
-			tar_set_error("deflateParams failed");
+			tar_set_error("could not change compression parameters");
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ tar_close(Walfile f, WalCloseMethod method)
 		/* Turn compression back on */
 		if (deflateParams(tar_data->zp, tar_data->compression, 0) != Z_OK)
 		{
-			tar_set_error("deflateParams failed");
+			tar_set_error("could not change compression parameters");
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ tar_finish(void)
 
 			if (r == Z_STREAM_ERROR)
 			{
-				tar_set_error("deflate failed");
+				tar_set_error("could not compress data");
 				return false;
 			}
 			if (tar_data->zp->avail_out < ZLIB_OUT_SIZE)
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ tar_finish(void)
 
 		if (deflateEnd(tar_data->zp) != Z_OK)
 		{
-			tar_set_error("deflateEnd failed");
+			tar_set_error("could not close compression stream");
 			return false;
 		}
 	}

src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth-scram.c

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ build_client_first_message(fe_scram_state *state, PQExpBuffer errormessage)
 	if (!pg_frontend_random(raw_nonce, SCRAM_RAW_NONCE_LEN))
 	{
 		printfPQExpBuffer(errormessage,
-						  libpq_gettext("failed to generate nonce\n"));
+						  libpq_gettext("could not generate nonce\n"));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 

src/pl/plpython/expected/plpython_types.out

@@ -691,7 +691,8 @@ CREATE FUNCTION test_type_conversion_mdarray_malformed() RETURNS int[] AS $$
 return [[1,2,3],[4,5]]
 $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu;
 SELECT * FROM test_type_conversion_mdarray_malformed();
-ERROR:  multidimensional arrays must have array expressions with matching dimensions. PL/Python function return value has sequence length 2 while expected 3
+ERROR:  wrong length of inner sequence: has length 2, but 3 was expected
+DETAIL:  To construct a multidimensional array, the inner sequences must all have the same length.
 CONTEXT:  while creating return value
 PL/Python function "test_type_conversion_mdarray_malformed"
 CREATE FUNCTION test_type_conversion_mdarray_toodeep() RETURNS int[] AS $$

src/pl/plpython/expected/plpython_types_3.out

@@ -691,7 +691,8 @@ CREATE FUNCTION test_type_conversion_mdarray_malformed() RETURNS int[] AS $$
 return [[1,2,3],[4,5]]
 $$ LANGUAGE plpython3u;
 SELECT * FROM test_type_conversion_mdarray_malformed();
-ERROR:  multidimensional arrays must have array expressions with matching dimensions. PL/Python function return value has sequence length 2 while expected 3
+ERROR:  wrong length of inner sequence: has length 2, but 3 was expected
+DETAIL:  To construct a multidimensional array, the inner sequences must all have the same length.
 CONTEXT:  while creating return value
 PL/Python function "test_type_conversion_mdarray_malformed"
 CREATE FUNCTION test_type_conversion_mdarray_toodeep() RETURNS int[] AS $$

src/pl/plpython/plpy_typeio.c

@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ PLySequence_ToArray(PLyObToDatum *arg, int32 typmod, PyObject *plrv, bool inarra
 
 		dims[ndim] = PySequence_Length(pyptr);
 		if (dims[ndim] < 0)
-			PLy_elog(ERROR, "cannot determine sequence length for function return value");
+			PLy_elog(ERROR, "could not determine sequence length for function return value");
 
 		if (dims[ndim] > MaxAllocSize)
 			PLy_elog(ERROR, "array size exceeds the maximum allowed");
@@ -1087,10 +1087,10 @@ PLySequence_ToArray_recurse(PLyObToDatum *elm, PyObject *list,
 	int			i;
 
 	if (PySequence_Length(list) != dims[dim])
-		PLy_elog(ERROR,
-				 "multidimensional arrays must have array expressions with matching dimensions. "
-				 "PL/Python function return value has sequence length %d while expected %d",
-				 (int) PySequence_Length(list), dims[dim]);
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errmsg("wrong length of inner sequence: has length %d, but %d was expected",
+						(int) PySequence_Length(list), dims[dim]),
+				 (errdetail("To construct a multidimensional array, the inner sequences must all have the same length."))));
 
 	if (dim < ndim - 1)
 	{