i18n: simplify numeric error reporting

diff --git a/trace.c b/trace.c
index 083eb984e15ea4d65c1f7c3250f7e69775c66d74..7508aea028bb642140cabcd02c37cdaf3a21234c 100644 (file)
--- a/trace.c
+++ b/trace.c
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ static int get_trace_fd(struct trace_key *key)
        else if (is_absolute_path(trace)) {
                int fd = open(trace, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | O_CREAT, 0666);
                if (fd == -1) {
-                       warning("could not open '%s' for tracing: %s\n"
-                               "         Defaulting to tracing on stderr...",
+                       warning("could not open '%s' for tracing: %s",
                                trace, strerror(errno));
-                       key->fd = STDERR_FILENO;
+                       trace_disable(key);
                } else {
                        key->fd = fd;
                        key->need_close = 1;
@@ -72,10 +71,9 @@ static int get_trace_fd(struct trace_key *key)
        } else {
                warning("unknown trace value for '%s': %s\n"
                        "         If you want to trace into a file, then please set %s\n"
-                       "         to an absolute pathname (starting with /)\n"
-                       "         Defaulting to tracing on stderr...",
+                       "         to an absolute pathname (starting with /)",
                        key->key, trace, key->key);
-               key->fd = STDERR_FILENO;
+               trace_disable(key);
        }
 
        key->initialized = 1;