Re: Have better wording for snapshot file reading failure

> On 13 Sep 2023, at 08:18, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:

>     f = AllocateFile(path, PG_BINARY_R);
>     if (!f)
>         ereport(ERROR,
> -                (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
> -                 errmsg("invalid snapshot identifier: \"%s\"", idstr)));
> +                (errcode_for_file_access(),
> +                 errmsg("could not open file \"%s\" for reading: %m",
> +                        path)));
>
> Agreed that this just looks like a copy-pasto.  The path provides
> enough context about what's being read, so using this generic error
> message is fine.  Will apply if there are no objections.

+1. This errmsg is already present so it eases the translation burden as well.

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Daniel Gustafsson