Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] check-symfile: Use pythonesque string formatting instead of perl

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 04:37:36PM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote: > Commit d30a1ad0443 translated the symbol file checker from perl to > python by doing a literal translation in most cases. Unfortunately one > string formatting operation was not really translated into python > leaving users with non-helpful error: > > 'Symbol $1 is listed twice' > > Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com&gt; > --- > scripts/check-symfile.py | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/check-symfile.py b/scripts/check-symfile.py > index 0c02591991..34396b8623 100755 > --- a/scripts/check-symfile.py > +++ b/scripts/check-symfile.py > @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ with open(symfile, "r") as fh: > line = line.strip(";") > > if line in wantsyms: > - print("Symbol $1 is listed twice", file=sys.stderr) > + print("Symbol %s is listed twice" % line ,file=sys.stderr) Not a deal breaker, but IMO should at least the "new" syntax for string formatting using the .format() method (works both with python 2 and 3).