- use bb_msg_{read,write}_error where appropriate.

text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
 825015	   9100	 645216	1479331	 1692a3	busybox.old
 824919	   9100	 645216	1479235	 169243	busybox

archival/gzip.c

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static void write_buf(int fd, void *buf, unsigned cnt)
 	unsigned n;
 
 	while ((n = write(fd, buf, cnt)) != cnt) {
-		if (n == (unsigned) (-1)) bb_error_msg_and_die("can't write");
+		if (n == (unsigned) (-1)) bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_write_error);
 		cnt -= n;
 		buf = (void *) ((char *) buf + n);
 	}

coreutils/tail.c

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static ssize_t tail_read(int fd, char *buf, size_t count)
 		end = sbuf.st_size;
 	lseek(fd, end < current ? 0 : current, SEEK_SET);
 	if ((r = safe_read(fd, buf, count)) < 0) {
-		bb_perror_msg("read");
+		bb_perror_msg(bb_msg_read_error);
 		status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 

networking/tftp.c

@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static inline int tftp(const int cmd, const struct hostent *host,
 				len = bb_full_read(localfd, cp, tftp_bufsize - 4);
 
 				if (len < 0) {
-					bb_perror_msg("read");
+					bb_perror_msg(bb_msg_read_error);
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static inline int tftp(const int cmd, const struct hostent *host,
 				len = bb_full_write(localfd, &buf[4], len - 4);
 
 				if (len < 0) {
-					bb_perror_msg("write");
+					bb_perror_msg(bb_msg_write_error);
 					break;
 				}
 

networking/wget.c

@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ read_response:
 	do {
 		while ((filesize > 0 || !got_clen) && (n = safe_fread(buf, 1, ((chunked || got_clen) && (filesize < sizeof(buf)) ? filesize : sizeof(buf)), dfp)) > 0) {
 			if (safe_fwrite(buf, 1, n, output) != n) {
-				bb_perror_msg_and_die("write error");
+				bb_perror_msg_and_die(bb_msg_write_error);
 			}
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR
 			statbytes+=n;
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ read_response:
 		}
 
 		if (n == 0 && ferror(dfp)) {
-			bb_perror_msg_and_die("network read error");
+			bb_perror_msg_and_die(bb_msg_read_error);
 		}
 	} while (chunked);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR

patches/tftp_timeout_multicast.diff

@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ diff -u -r1.25 tftp.c
 +					lseek(localfd, bn*(tftp_bufsize-4), SEEK_SET);
 +					len = write(localfd, &buf[4], len-4);
 +					if (len < 0) {
-+						bb_perror_msg("write");
++						bb_perror_msg(bb_msg_write_error);
 +						break;
 +					}
 +					bit_set(bn, mcblockmap);

util-linux/fdformat.c

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ int fdformat_main(int argc,char **argv)
 			print_and_flush("%3d\b\b\b", cyl);
 			if((read_bytes = safe_read(fd,data,n))!= n ) {
 				if(read_bytes < 0) {
-					bb_perror_msg("Read: ");
+					bb_perror_msg(bb_msg_read_error);
 				}
 				bb_error_msg_and_die("Problem reading cylinder %d, expected %d, read %d", cyl, n, read_bytes);
 			}