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[โ€“] communism@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think most daemons would log a helpful enough error message regarding incorrect syntax e.g. if it's a config file of variable=value; format then it wouldn't expect two equals signs on the same line.

[โ€“] tisktisk@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

I too wish to see these not-so-helpful error messages (not denying just new)