From 30dbdf7ac701722b7475cc8964dd888c9b9462cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 10:58:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] install: fix the error message

should fix: tests/install/basic-1.sh
---
 src/uu/install/locales/en-US.ftl | 2 +-
 src/uu/install/src/install.rs    | 2 +-
 tests/by-util/test_install.rs    | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/install/locales/en-US.ftl b/src/uu/install/locales/en-US.ftl
index 4eeba9e37..344301666 100644
--- a/src/uu/install/locales/en-US.ftl
+++ b/src/uu/install/locales/en-US.ftl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ install-help-default-context = set SELinux security context of destination file
 
 # Error messages
 install-error-dir-needs-arg = { $util_name } with -d requires at least one argument.
-install-error-create-dir-failed = failed to create { $path }
+install-error-create-dir-failed = cannot create directory { $path }
 install-error-chmod-failed = failed to chmod { $path }
 install-error-chmod-failed-detailed = { $path }: chmod failed with error { $error }
 install-error-chown-failed = failed to chown { $path }: { $error }
diff --git a/src/uu/install/src/install.rs b/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
index c6cd184a9..4242cc04b 100644
--- a/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
+++ b/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ fn directory(paths: &[OsString], b: &Behavior) -> UResult<()> {
                 // the default mode. Hence it is safe to use fs::create_dir_all
                 // and then only modify the target's dir mode.
                 if let Err(e) = fs::create_dir_all(path_to_create.as_path())
-                    .map_err_context(|| path_to_create.as_path().maybe_quote().to_string())
+                    .map_err_context(|| translate!("install-error-create-dir-failed", "path" => path_to_create.as_path().quote()))
                 {
                     show!(e);
                     continue;
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_install.rs b/tests/by-util/test_install.rs
index e909a32e4..f4c7b2dc1 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_install.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_install.rs
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ fn test_install_creating_leading_dir_fails_on_long_name() {
         .arg(source)
         .arg(at.plus(target.as_str()))
         .fails()
-        .stderr_contains("failed to create");
+        .stderr_contains("cannot create directory");
 }
 
 #[test]