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-rw-r--r--mkfs/common.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mkfs/common.c b/mkfs/common.c
index 0ace262b..f7e3badc 100644
--- a/mkfs/common.c
+++ b/mkfs/common.c
@@ -714,7 +714,8 @@ int test_dev_for_mkfs(const char *file, int force_overwrite)
ret = is_swap_device(file);
if (ret < 0) {
- error("checking status of %s: %s", file, strerror(-ret));
+ errno = -ret;
+ error("checking status of %s: %m", file);
return 1;
}
if (ret == 1) {
@@ -760,8 +761,8 @@ int test_status_for_mkfs(const char *file, bool force_overwrite)
}
ret = check_mounted(file);
if (ret < 0) {
- error("cannot check mount status of %s: %s", file,
- strerror(-ret));
+ errno = -ret;
+ error("cannot check mount status of %s: %m", file);
return 1;
}
if (ret == 1) {