This patch is a first pass at fixing readelf message pluralization. I've deliberately not fixed the "out of memory" errors since it's very unlikely that they will ever be complaining about not being able to allocate for a single entry, and a few others where the size is very unlikely to be 1 byte. Then there are messages like this one: "Out of %lu items there are %zu bucket clashes (longest of %zu entries).\n" I suppose this could be split into three parts, "Of %lu items ", "there are %zu bucket clashes ", and "(longest of %zu entries).\n", each part being printed separately, but that might not be ideal for sentence construction in other languages. For now I'm punting on this one. Changes to readelf output require lots of testsuite adjustment.. binutils/ * dwarf.c (read_uleb128): Properly pluralize messages. (display_debug_lines_raw, display_debug_loc): Likewise. (display_debug_names, process_cu_tu_index): Likewise. * od-macho.c (dump_code_signature_superblob): Likewise. * readelf.c (process_program_headers): Likewise. (process_section_header, process_relocs): Likewise. (hppa_process_unwind, arm_process_unwind): Likewise. (process_dynamic_section, process_version_sections): Likewise. (process_symbol_table, process_syminfo): Likewise. (apply_relocations, process_mips_specific): Likewise. (process_gnu_liblist, process_notes_at): Likewise. (process_archive): Likewise. * testsuite/binutils-all/dw2-1.W, * testsuite/binutils-all/dw2-3.W, * testsuite/binutils-all/dw2-3gabi.W, * testsuite/binutils-all/dw5.S, * testsuite/binutils-all/dw5.W, * testsuite/binutils-all/i386/compressed-1a.d, * testsuite/binutils-all/libdw2-compressedgabi.out, * testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.W, * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.r, * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.r-64, * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/compressed-1a.d: Update for pluralization fixes. gas/ * testsuite/gas/arm/got_prel.d, * testsuite/gas/elf/dwarf2-1.d, * testsuite/gas/elf/dwarf2-2.d, * testsuite/gas/elf/dwarf2-3.d, * testsuite/gas/elf/dwarf2-5.d, * testsuite/gas/elf/dwarf2-6.d, * testsuite/gas/i386/debug1.d, * testsuite/gas/i386/dw2-compress-1.d, * testsuite/gas/i386/dw2-compress-3a.d, * testsuite/gas/i386/dw2-compress-3b.d, * testsuite/gas/i386/dw2-compressed-1.d, * testsuite/gas/i386/dw2-compressed-3a.d, * testsuite/gas/i386/dw2-compressed-3b.d, * testsuite/gas/i386/ilp32/x86-64-localpic.d, * testsuite/gas/i386/localpic.d, * testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-localpic.d, * testsuite/gas/ia64/pr13167.d, * testsuite/gas/mips/loc-swap-2.d, * testsuite/gas/mips/loc-swap.d, * testsuite/gas/mips/micromips@loc-swap-2.d, * testsuite/gas/mips/micromips@loc-swap.d, * testsuite/gas/mips/mips16-dwarf2-n32.d, * testsuite/gas/mips/mips16-dwarf2.d, * testsuite/gas/mips/mips16@loc-swap-2.d, * testsuite/gas/mips/mips16@loc-swap.d, * testsuite/gas/mips/mips16e@loc-swap.d, * testsuite/gas/mmix/bspec-1.d, * testsuite/gas/mmix/bspec-2.d, * testsuite/gas/tic6x/unwind-1.d, * testsuite/gas/tic6x/unwind-2.d, * testsuite/gas/tic6x/unwind-3.d: Update for pluralization fixes. ld/ * testsuite/ld-aarch64/ifunc-13.d, * testsuite/ld-aarch64/ifunc-15.d, * testsuite/ld-aarch64/ifunc-20.d, * testsuite/ld-alpha/tlsbin.rd, * testsuite/ld-alpha/tlspic.rd, * testsuite/ld-arm/ifunc-3.rd, * testsuite/ld-arm/ifunc-9.rd, * testsuite/ld-arm/unwind-mix.d, * testsuite/ld-arm/unwind-rel.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/hiddef1.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/libdso-13.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/libdso-2.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/pr16044.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/tls-local-63.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/tls-local-64.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/tls-und-38.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/tls-und-42.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/tls-und-46.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/tls-und-50.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/weakref3.d, * testsuite/ld-cris/weakref4.d, * testsuite/ld-elf/comm-data2r.rd, * testsuite/ld-elf/discard1.d, * testsuite/ld-elf/discard2.d, * testsuite/ld-elf/pr19539.d, * testsuite/ld-elf/pr22374-1.r, * testsuite/ld-elf/pr22374-2.r, * testsuite/ld-i386/combreloc.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/emit-relocs-nacl.rd, * testsuite/ld-i386/emit-relocs.rd, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr13302.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr17709-nacl.rd, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr17709.rd, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19539.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19615.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19636-1a.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19636-1e.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19636-1f.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19636-2a.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19636-2b.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19636-2d-nacl.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19636-2e-nacl.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19636-3a.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19636-3d.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19636-3e.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19636-4a.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19645.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19827-nacl.rd, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr19827.rd, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr20253-4a.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr20253-4b.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/pr20253-5.d, * testsuite/ld-i386/tlsbin-nacl.rd, * testsuite/ld-i386/tlsbin.rd, * testsuite/ld-i386/tlspic-nacl.rd, * testsuite/ld-i386/tlspic.rd, * testsuite/ld-i386/undefweakb.d, * testsuite/ld-ia64/tlsbin.rd, * testsuite/ld-ia64/tlspic.rd, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-13-i386.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-13-x86-64.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-15-i386.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-15-x86-64.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-20-i386.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-20-x86-64.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-23a-x86.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-23b-x86.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-23c-x86.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-24a-x86.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-24b-x86.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-24c-x86.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-25a-x86.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-25b-x86.d, * testsuite/ld-ifunc/ifunc-25c-x86.d, * testsuite/ld-m68k/got-1.d, * testsuite/ld-mips-elf/vxworks1.rd, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/ambiguousv1.d, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/ambiguousv1b.d, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/ambiguousv2.d, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/ambiguousv2b.d, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexe.r, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexe32.r, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexetoc.r, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsso.r, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsso32.r, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlstocso.r, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/vle-multiseg-1.d, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/vle-multiseg-2.d, * testsuite/ld-powerpc/vle-multiseg-3.d, * testsuite/ld-s390/tlsbin.rd, * testsuite/ld-s390/tlsbin_64.rd, * testsuite/ld-s390/tlspic.rd, * testsuite/ld-s390/tlspic_64.rd, * testsuite/ld-sh/ld-r-1.d, * testsuite/ld-sh/sh64/gotplt.d, * testsuite/ld-sh/shared-1.d, * testsuite/ld-sh/tlsbin-2.d, * testsuite/ld-sh/tlspic-2.d, * testsuite/ld-sparc/gotop32.rd, * testsuite/ld-sparc/gotop64.rd, * testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunpic32.rd, * testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunpic64.rd, * testsuite/ld-sparc/vxworks1-lib.rd, * testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-app-1.rd, * testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-app-1b.rd, * testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-app-1r.rd, * testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-app-1rb.rd, * testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-noindex.rd, * testsuite/ld-vax-elf/export-class-data.rd, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr13082-1a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr13082-1b.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr13082-2a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr13082-2b.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr13082-3a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr13082-3c.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr13082-4a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr13082-5a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr13082-5b.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr13082-6a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr13082-6b.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr17709-nacl.rd, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr17709.rd, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19539a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19539b.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19615.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19636-1a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19636-1d.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19636-1e.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19636-2a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19636-2e.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19636-2f.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19636-3a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19645.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19807-2b.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19807-2d.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19827-nacl.rd, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19827.rd, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr20253-4a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr20253-4b.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr20253-4d.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr20253-4e.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr20253-5a.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr20253-5b.d, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsbin-nacl.rd, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsbin.rd, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlspic-nacl.rd, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlspic.rd, * testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlspic2-nacl.rd: Update for pluralization fixes.