last nail into error_msg() (de)capitalization

12 files changed, 88 insertions, 88 deletions

diff --git a/archival/unzip.c b/archival/unzip.c
index 2aa380dc8..8b1c281c4 100644
--- a/archival/unzip.c
+++ b/archival/unzip.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int unzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (magic == ZIP_CDS_MAGIC) {
 			break;
 		} else if (magic != ZIP_FILEHEADER_MAGIC) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("Invalid zip magic %08X", magic);
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("invalid zip magic %08X", magic);
 		}
 
 		/* Read the file header */
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ int unzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		zip_header.formatted.filename_len = SWAP_LE32(zip_header.formatted.filename_len);
 		zip_header.formatted.extra_len = SWAP_LE32(zip_header.formatted.extra_len);
 		if ((zip_header.formatted.method != 0) && (zip_header.formatted.method != 8)) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("Unsupported compression method %d", zip_header.formatted.method);
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("unsupported compression method %d", zip_header.formatted.method);
 		}
 
 		/* Read filename */
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ int unzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		if ((verbosity == v_list) && !list_header_done){
 			printf("  Length     Date   Time    Name\n"
-				   " --------    ----   ----    ----\n");
+			       " --------    ----   ----    ----\n");
 			list_header_done = 1;
 		}
 
@@ -282,14 +282,14 @@ int unzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			} else if (last_char_is(dst_fn, '/')) { /* Extract directory */
 				if (stat(dst_fn, &stat_buf) == -1) {
 					if (errno != ENOENT) {
-						bb_perror_msg_and_die("Cannot stat '%s'",dst_fn);
+						bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot stat '%s'",dst_fn);
 					}
 					if (verbosity == v_normal) {
 						printf("   creating: %s\n", dst_fn);
 					}
 					unzip_create_leading_dirs(dst_fn);
 					if (bb_make_directory(dst_fn, 0777, 0)) {
-						bb_error_msg_and_die("Exiting");
+						bb_error_msg_and_die("exiting");
 					}
 				} else {
 					if (!S_ISDIR(stat_buf.st_mode)) {
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ int unzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			_check_file:
 				if (stat(dst_fn, &stat_buf) == -1) { /* File does not exist */
 					if (errno != ENOENT) {
-						bb_perror_msg_and_die("Cannot stat '%s'",dst_fn);
+						bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot stat '%s'",dst_fn);
 					}
 					i = 'y';
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ int unzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 						} else {
 							printf("replace %s? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: ", dst_fn);
 							if (!fgets(key_buf, 512, stdin)) {
-								bb_perror_msg_and_die("Cannot read input");
+								bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot read input");
 							}
 							i = key_buf[0];
 						}
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ int unzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			/* Prompt for new name */
 			printf("new name: ");
 			if (!fgets(key_buf, 512, stdin)) {
-				bb_perror_msg_and_die("Cannot read input");
+				bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot read input");
 			}
 			free(dst_fn);
 			dst_fn = xstrdup(key_buf);
diff --git a/console-tools/loadfont.c b/console-tools/loadfont.c
index 3d8588565..513b3c170 100644
--- a/console-tools/loadfont.c
+++ b/console-tools/loadfont.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void do_loadfont(int fd, unsigned char *inbuf, int unit, int fontsize)
 	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
 
 	if (unit < 1 || unit > 32)
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("Bad character size %d", unit);
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("bad character size %d", unit);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < fontsize; i++)
 		memcpy(buf + (32 * i), inbuf + (unit * i), unit);
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ do_loadtable(int fd, unsigned char *inbuf, int tailsz, int fontsize)
 	if (ioctl(fd, PIO_UNIMAPCLR, &advice)) {
 #ifdef ENOIOCTLCMD
 		if (errno == ENOIOCTLCMD) {
-			bb_error_msg("It seems this kernel is older than 1.1.92");
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("No Unicode mapping table loaded.");
+			bb_error_msg("it seems this kernel is older than 1.1.92");
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("no Unicode mapping table loaded");
 		} else
 #endif
 			bb_perror_msg_and_die("PIO_UNIMAPCLR");
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ static void loadnewfont(int fd)
 	 */
 	inputlth = fread(inbuf, 1, sizeof(inbuf), stdin);
 	if (ferror(stdin))
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("Error reading input font");
+		bb_perror_msg_and_die("error reading input font");
 	/* use malloc/realloc in case of giant files;
 	   maybe these do not occur: 16kB for the font,
 	   and 16kB for the map leaves 32 unicode values
 	   for each font position */
 	if (!feof(stdin))
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("Font too large");
+		bb_perror_msg_and_die("font too large");
 
 	/* test for psf first */
 	{
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ static void loadnewfont(int fd)
 			goto no_psf;
 
 		if (psfhdr.mode > PSF_MAXMODE)
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("Unsupported psf file mode");
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("unsupported psf file mode");
 		fontsize = ((psfhdr.mode & PSF_MODE512) ? 512 : 256);
 #if !defined( PIO_FONTX ) || defined( __sparc__ )
 		if (fontsize != 256)
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("Only fontsize 256 supported");
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("only fontsize 256 supported");
 #endif
 		hastable = (psfhdr.mode & PSF_MODEHASTAB);
 		unit = psfhdr.charsize;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static void loadnewfont(int fd)
 
 		head = head0 + fontsize * unit;
 		if (head > inputlth || (!hastable && head != inputlth))
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("Input file: bad length");
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("input file: bad length");
 		do_loadfont(fd, inbuf + head0, unit, fontsize);
 		if (hastable)
 			do_loadtable(fd, inbuf + head, inputlth - head, fontsize);
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static void loadnewfont(int fd)
 	} else {
 		/* bare font */
 		if (inputlth & 0377)
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("Bad input file size");
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("bad input file size");
 		offset = 0;
 		unit = inputlth / 256;
 	}
diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index 972477bab..1ba05ecd7 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static int compare_keys(const void *xarg, const void *yarg)
 		/* Perform actual comparison */
 		switch(flags&7) {
 			default:
-				bb_error_msg_and_die("Unknown sort type.");
+				bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown sort type");
 				break;
 			/* Ascii sort */
 			case 0:
@@ -233,12 +233,12 @@ int sort_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		switch(*line) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_SORT_BIG
 			case 'o':
-				if(outfile) bb_error_msg_and_die("Too many -o.");
+				if(outfile) bb_error_msg_and_die("too many -o");
 				outfile=xfopen(optarg,"w");
 				break;
 			case 't':
 				if(key_separator || optarg[1])
-					bb_error_msg_and_die("Too many -t.");
+					bb_error_msg_and_die("too many -t");
 				key_separator=*optarg;
 				break;
 			/* parse sort key */
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ int sort_main(int argc, char **argv)
 						temp2=strchr(optlist,*temp);
 						flag=(1<<(temp2-optlist));
 						if(!temp2 || (flag>FLAG_M && flag<FLAG_b))
-							bb_error_msg_and_die("Unknown key option.");
+							bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown key option");
 						/* b after , means strip _trailing_ space */
 						if(i && flag==FLAG_b) flag=FLAG_bb;
 						key->flags|=flag;
diff --git a/coreutils/uudecode.c b/coreutils/uudecode.c
index a08d985ac..8b7de74ff 100644
--- a/coreutils/uudecode.c
+++ b/coreutils/uudecode.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static int read_stduu(FILE *src_stream, FILE *dst_stream)
 		char *line_ptr = line;
 
 		if (strcmp(line, "end") == 0) {
-			return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+			return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 		}
 		length = ((*line_ptr - 0x20) & 0x3f)* 4 / 3;
 
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ static int read_stduu(FILE *src_stream, FILE *dst_stream)
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (length > 60) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("Line too long");
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("line too long");
 		}
 
 		line_ptr++;
 		/* Tolerate an overly long line to accomodate a possible exta '`' */
 		if (strlen(line_ptr) < (size_t)length) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("Short file");
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("short file");
 		}
 
 		while (length > 0) {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int read_stduu(FILE *src_stream, FILE *dst_stream)
 		}
 		free(line);
 	}
-	bb_error_msg_and_die("Short file");
+	bb_error_msg_and_die("short file");
 }
 
 static int read_base64(FILE *src_stream, FILE *dst_stream)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int read_base64(FILE *src_stream, FILE *dst_stream)
 			do {
 				ch = fgetc(src_stream);
 				if (ch == EOF) {
-					bb_error_msg_and_die("Short file");
+					bb_error_msg_and_die("short file");
 				}
 			} while ((table_ptr = strchr(base64_table, ch)) == NULL);
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int read_base64(FILE *src_stream, FILE *dst_stream)
 			else if (*table_ptr == '\n') {
 				/* Check for terminating line */
 				if (term_count == 5) {
-					return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+					return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 				}
 				term_count = 1;
 				continue;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ int uudecode_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		free(line);
 		ret = decode_fn_ptr(src_stream, dst_stream);
 		fclose_if_not_stdin(src_stream);
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
-	bb_error_msg_and_die("No `begin' line");
+	bb_error_msg_and_die("no 'begin' line");
 }
diff --git a/editors/ed.c b/editors/ed.c
index 1ff93c2bb..190c547f4 100644
--- a/editors/ed.c
+++ b/editors/ed.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int ed_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		fileName = strdup(argv[1]);
 
 		if (fileName == NULL) {
-			bb_error_msg("No memory");
+			bb_error_msg("no memory");
 			termEdit();
 			return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 		}
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static void doCommands(void)
 
 		if (*endbuf != '\n')
 		{
-			bb_error_msg("Command line too long");
+			bb_error_msg("command line too long");
 
 			do
 			{
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static void doCommands(void)
 			case 'f':
 				if (*cp && !isblank(*cp))
 				{
-					bb_error_msg("Bad file command");
+					bb_error_msg("bad file command");
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static void doCommands(void)
 
 				if (newname == NULL)
 				{
-					bb_error_msg("No memory for file name");
+					bb_error_msg("no memory for file name");
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static void doCommands(void)
 
 				if ((*cp < 'a') || (*cp > 'a') || cp[1])
 				{
-					bb_error_msg("Bad mark name");
+					bb_error_msg("bad mark name");
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static void doCommands(void)
 
 				if (have1 || *cp)
 				{
-					bb_error_msg("Bad quit command");
+					bb_error_msg("bad quit command");
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void doCommands(void)
 			case 'r':
 				if (*cp && !isblank(*cp))
 				{
-					bb_error_msg("Bad read command");
+					bb_error_msg("bad read command");
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static void doCommands(void)
 
 				if (*cp == '\0')
 				{
-					bb_error_msg("No file name");
+					bb_error_msg("no file name");
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static void doCommands(void)
 			case 'w':
 				if (*cp && !isblank(*cp))
 				{
-					bb_error_msg("Bad write command");
+					bb_error_msg("bad write command");
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static void doCommands(void)
 
 				if (cp == NULL)
 				{
-					bb_error_msg("No file name specified");
+					bb_error_msg("no file name specified");
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void doCommands(void)
 			case '.':
 				if (have1)
 				{
-					bb_error_msg("No arguments allowed");
+					bb_error_msg("no arguments allowed");
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static void doCommands(void)
 				break;
 
 			default:
-				bb_error_msg("Unimplemented command");
+				bb_error_msg("unimplemented command");
 				break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static void subCommand(const char * cmd, int num1, int num2)
 
 	if ((num1 < 1) || (num2 > lastNum) || (num1 > num2))
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("Bad line range for substitute");
+		bb_error_msg("bad line range for substitute");
 
 		return;
 	}
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static void subCommand(const char * cmd, int num1, int num2)
 
 	if (isblank(*cp) || (*cp == '\0'))
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("Bad delimiter for substitute");
+		bb_error_msg("bad delimiter for substitute");
 
 		return;
 	}
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static void subCommand(const char * cmd, int num1, int num2)
 
 	if (cp == NULL)
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("Missing 2nd delimiter for substitute");
+		bb_error_msg("missing 2nd delimiter for substitute");
 
 		return;
 	}
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ static void subCommand(const char * cmd, int num1, int num2)
 			break;
 
 		default:
-			bb_error_msg("Unknown option for substitute");
+			bb_error_msg("unknown option for substitute");
 
 			return;
 	}
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static void subCommand(const char * cmd, int num1, int num2)
 	{
 		if (searchString[0] == '\0')
 		{
-			bb_error_msg("No previous search string");
+			bb_error_msg("no previous search string");
 
 			return;
 		}
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static void subCommand(const char * cmd, int num1, int num2)
 
 		if (nlp == NULL)
 		{
-			bb_error_msg("Cannot get memory for line");
+			bb_error_msg("cannot get memory for line");
 
 			return;
 		}
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static void subCommand(const char * cmd, int num1, int num2)
 	}
 
 	if (!didSub)
-		bb_error_msg("No substitutions found for \"%s\"", oldStr);
+		bb_error_msg("no substitutions found for \"%s\"", oldStr);
 }
 
 
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ static void addLines(int num)
 
 		if (buf[len - 1] != '\n')
 		{
-			bb_error_msg("Line too long");
+			bb_error_msg("line too long");
 
 			do
 			{
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ static int getNum(const char **retcp, int *retHaveNum, int *retNum)
 
 				if ((*cp < 'a') || (*cp > 'z'))
 				{
-					bb_error_msg("Bad mark name");
+					bb_error_msg("bad mark name");
 
 					return FALSE;
 				}
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ static int initEdit(void)
 
 	if (bufBase == NULL)
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("No memory for buffer");
+		bb_error_msg("no memory for buffer");
 
 		return FALSE;
 	}
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static int readLines(const char * file, int num)
 
 	if ((num < 1) || (num > lastNum + 1))
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("Bad line for read");
+		bb_error_msg("bad line for read");
 
 		return FALSE;
 	}
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ static int readLines(const char * file, int num)
 
 			if (cp == NULL)
 			{
-				bb_error_msg("No memory for buffer");
+				bb_error_msg("no memory for buffer");
 				close(fd);
 
 				return FALSE;
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ static int writeLines(const char * file, int num1, int num2)
 
 	if ((num1 < 1) || (num2 > lastNum) || (num1 > num2))
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("Bad line range for write");
+		bb_error_msg("bad line range for write");
 
 		return FALSE;
 	}
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ static int printLines(int num1, int num2, int expandFlag)
 
 	if ((num1 < 1) || (num2 > lastNum) || (num1 > num2))
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("Bad line range for print");
+		bb_error_msg("bad line range for print");
 
 		return FALSE;
 	}
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ static int insertLine(int num, const char * data, int len)
 
 	if ((num < 1) || (num > lastNum + 1))
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("Inserting at bad line number");
+		bb_error_msg("inserting at bad line number");
 
 		return FALSE;
 	}
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ static int insertLine(int num, const char * data, int len)
 
 	if (newLp == NULL)
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("Failed to allocate memory for line");
+		bb_error_msg("failed to allocate memory for line");
 
 		return FALSE;
 	}
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ static int deleteLines(int num1, int num2)
 
 	if ((num1 < 1) || (num2 > lastNum) || (num1 > num2))
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("Bad line numbers for delete");
+		bb_error_msg("bad line numbers for delete");
 
 		return FALSE;
 	}
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ static int searchLines(const char *str, int num1, int num2)
 
 	if ((num1 < 1) || (num2 > lastNum) || (num1 > num2))
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("Bad line numbers for search");
+		bb_error_msg("bad line numbers for search");
 
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ static int searchLines(const char *str, int num1, int num2)
 	{
 		if (searchString[0] == '\0')
 		{
-			bb_error_msg("No previous search string");
+			bb_error_msg("no previous search string");
 
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ static int searchLines(const char *str, int num1, int num2)
 		lp = lp->next;
 	}
 
-	bb_error_msg("Cannot find string \"%s\"", str);
+	bb_error_msg("cannot find string \"%s\"", str);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ static LINE *findLine(int num)
 
 	if ((num < 1) || (num > lastNum))
 	{
-		bb_error_msg("Line number %d does not exist", num);
+		bb_error_msg("line number %d does not exist", num);
 
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 65ca5606b..a16023945 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static int do_subst_command(sed_cmd_t *sed_cmd, char **line)
 	if (sed_cmd->sub_match == NULL) {
 		current_regex = bbg.previous_regex_ptr;
 		if (!current_regex)
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("No previous regexp.");
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("no previous regexp");
 	} else
 		bbg.previous_regex_ptr = current_regex = sed_cmd->sub_match;
 
diff --git a/libbb/dump.c b/libbb/dump.c
index d76cbc0b7..8be29efad 100644
--- a/libbb/dump.c
+++ b/libbb/dump.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static void rewrite(FS * fs)
 				}
 				/* Unlike the original, output the remainder of the format string. */
 				if (!*byte_count_str) {
-					bb_error_msg_and_die("bad byte count for conversion character %s.", p1);
+					bb_error_msg_and_die("bad byte count for conversion character %s", p1);
 				}
 				pr->bcnt = *byte_count_str;
 			} else if (*p1 == 'l') {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static void rewrite(FS * fs)
 				} else if (sokay == USEPREC) {
 					pr->bcnt = prec;
 				} else {	/* NOTOKAY */
-					bb_error_msg_and_die("%%s requires a precision or a byte count.");
+					bb_error_msg_and_die("%%s requires a precision or a byte count");
 				}
 			} else if (*p1 == '_') {
 				++p2;
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static void rewrite(FS * fs)
 				}
 			} else {
 			DO_BAD_CONV_CHAR:
-				bb_error_msg_and_die("bad conversion character %%%s.", p1);
+				bb_error_msg_and_die("bad conversion character %%%s", p1);
 			}
 
 			/*
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static void rewrite(FS * fs)
 
 			/* only one conversion character if byte count */
 			if (!(pr->flags & F_ADDRESS) && fu->bcnt && nconv++) {
-				bb_error_msg_and_die("byte count with multiple conversion characters.");
+				bb_error_msg_and_die("byte count with multiple conversion characters");
 			}
 		}
 		/*
diff --git a/miscutils/mt.c b/miscutils/mt.c
index a2bb6be91..f4a0e994c 100644
--- a/miscutils/mt.c
+++ b/miscutils/mt.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int mt_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (code->name == 0) {
-		bb_error_msg("unrecognized opcode %s.", argv[1]);
+		bb_error_msg("unrecognized opcode %s", argv[1]);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index 5d62ae5df..08f383c82 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static void check_dep ( char *mod, struct mod_list_t **head, struct mod_list_t *
 	}
 
 	if( !dt ) {
-		bb_error_msg ("module %s not found.", mod);
+		bb_error_msg ("module %s not found", mod);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static void check_dep ( char *mod, struct mod_list_t **head, struct mod_list_t *
 				dt = adt;
 			}
 			else {
-				bb_error_msg ("module %s not found.", mod);
+				bb_error_msg ("module %s not found", mod);
 				return;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/libnetlink.c b/networking/libiproute/libnetlink.c
index a595e967f..ec52cff73 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/libnetlink.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/libnetlink.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ int rtnl_open(struct rtnl_handle *rth, unsigned subscriptions)
 
 	rth->fd = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
 	if (rth->fd < 0) {
-		bb_perror_msg("Cannot open netlink socket");
+		bb_perror_msg("cannot open netlink socket");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -45,20 +45,20 @@ int rtnl_open(struct rtnl_handle *rth, unsigned subscriptions)
 	rth->local.nl_groups = subscriptions;
 
 	if (bind(rth->fd, (struct sockaddr*)&rth->local, sizeof(rth->local)) < 0) {
-		bb_perror_msg("Cannot bind netlink socket");
+		bb_perror_msg("cannot bind netlink socket");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	addr_len = sizeof(rth->local);
 	if (getsockname(rth->fd, (struct sockaddr*)&rth->local, &addr_len) < 0) {
-		bb_perror_msg("Cannot getsockname");
+		bb_perror_msg("cannot getsockname");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (addr_len != sizeof(rth->local)) {
-		bb_error_msg("Wrong address length %d", addr_len);
+		bb_error_msg("wrong address length %d", addr_len);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (rth->local.nl_family != AF_NETLINK) {
-		bb_error_msg("Wrong address family %d", rth->local.nl_family);
+		bb_error_msg("wrong address family %d", rth->local.nl_family);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	rth->seq = time(NULL);
@@ -195,11 +195,11 @@ skip_it:
 			h = NLMSG_NEXT(h, status);
 		}
 		if (msg.msg_flags & MSG_TRUNC) {
-			bb_error_msg("Message truncated");
+			bb_error_msg("message truncated");
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (status) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("!!!Remnant of size %d", status);
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("remnant of size %d!", status);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ int rtnl_talk(struct rtnl_handle *rtnl, struct nlmsghdr *n, pid_t peer,
 	status = sendmsg(rtnl->fd, &msg, 0);
 
 	if (status < 0) {
-		bb_perror_msg("Cannot talk to rtnetlink");
+		bb_perror_msg("cannot talk to rtnetlink");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@ int rtnl_talk(struct rtnl_handle *rtnl, struct nlmsghdr *n, pid_t peer,
 
 			if (l<0 || len>status) {
 				if (msg.msg_flags & MSG_TRUNC) {
-					bb_error_msg("Truncated message");
+					bb_error_msg("truncated message");
 					return -1;
 				}
-				bb_error_msg_and_die("!!!malformed message: len=%d", len);
+				bb_error_msg_and_die("malformed message: len=%d!", len);
 			}
 
 			if (nladdr.nl_pid != peer ||
@@ -304,17 +304,17 @@ int rtnl_talk(struct rtnl_handle *rtnl, struct nlmsghdr *n, pid_t peer,
 				return 0;
 			}
 
-			bb_error_msg("Unexpected reply!!!");
+			bb_error_msg("unexpected reply!");
 
 			status -= NLMSG_ALIGN(len);
 			h = (struct nlmsghdr*)((char*)h + NLMSG_ALIGN(len));
 		}
 		if (msg.msg_flags & MSG_TRUNC) {
-			bb_error_msg("Message truncated");
+			bb_error_msg("message truncated");
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (status) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("!!!Remnant of size %d", status);
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("remnant of size %d!", status);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ int parse_rtattr(struct rtattr *tb[], int max, struct rtattr *rta, int len)
 		rta = RTA_NEXT(rta,len);
 	}
 	if (len) {
-		bb_error_msg("!!!Deficit %d, rta_len=%d", len, rta->rta_len);
+		bb_error_msg("deficit %d, rta_len=%d!", len, rta->rta_len);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/ll_addr.c b/networking/libiproute/ll_addr.c
index 6c147deca..ba0a65a18 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/ll_addr.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/ll_addr.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int ll_addr_a2n(unsigned char *lladdr, int len, char *arg)
 	if (strchr(arg, '.')) {
 		inet_prefix pfx;
 		if (get_addr_1(&pfx, arg, AF_INET)) {
-			bb_error_msg("\"%s\" is invalid lladdr.", arg);
+			bb_error_msg("\"%s\" is invalid lladdr", arg);
 			return -1;
 		}
 		if (len < 4) {
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ int ll_addr_a2n(unsigned char *lladdr, int len, char *arg)
 				cp++;
 			}
 			if (sscanf(arg, "%x", &temp) != 1) {
-				bb_error_msg("\"%s\" is invalid lladdr.", arg);
+				bb_error_msg("\"%s\" is invalid lladdr", arg);
 				return -1;
 			}
 			if (temp < 0 || temp > 255) {
-				bb_error_msg("\"%s\" is invalid lladdr.", arg);
+				bb_error_msg("\"%s\" is invalid lladdr", arg);
 				return -1;
 			}
 			lladdr[i] = temp;
diff --git a/util-linux/fdisk.c b/util-linux/fdisk.c
index 6e4bf6418..adfd4d698 100644
--- a/util-linux/fdisk.c
+++ b/util-linux/fdisk.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ read_line(void)
 	line_ptr = line_buffer;
 	if (!fgets(line_buffer, LINE_LENGTH, stdin)) {
 		/* error or eof */
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("\ngot EOF - exiting...");
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("\ngot EOF, exiting");
 	}
 	while (*line_ptr && !isgraph(*line_ptr))
 		line_ptr++;