Change all `preserving ...' diagnostics to

`failed to preserve ...' to make the failure clearer.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index 4440a983e..41fe2b247 100644
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ re_protect (const char *const_dst_path, int src_offset,
 
 	  if (utime (dst_path, &utb))
 	    {
-	      error (0, errno, _("preserving times for %s"), quote (dst_path));
+	      error (0, errno, _("failed to preserve times for %s"),
+		     quote (dst_path));
 	      return 1;
 	    }
 	}
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ re_protect (const char *const_dst_path, int src_offset,
 	  if (chown (dst_path, src_sb.st_uid, src_sb.st_gid)
 	      && ((errno != EPERM && errno != EINVAL) || myeuid == 0))
 	    {
-	      error (0, errno, _("preserving ownership for %s"),
+	      error (0, errno, _("failed to preserve ownership for %s"),
 		     quote (dst_path));
 	      return 1;
 	    }
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ re_protect (const char *const_dst_path, int src_offset,
 	{
 	  if (chmod (dst_path, src_sb.st_mode & x->umask_kill))
 	    {
-	      error (0, errno, _("preserving permissions for %s"),
+	      error (0, errno, _("failed to preserve permissions for %s"),
 		     quote (dst_path));
 	      return 1;
 	    }