From b8ba5b440b1f84920e80852ec984520046adaf3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:51:53 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] cmd/cgo: improve error message for unknown name

Fixes #70472

Change-Id: Ib50d1dd5a648afc199ed62a507d54d0b0ccb1da2
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/630375
LUCI-TryBot-Result: Go LUCI <golang-scoped@luci-project-accounts.iam.gserviceaccount.com>
Auto-Submit: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
---
 src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go b/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go
index 7ef6c170d1..d2d7b894b5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ func (p *Package) guessKinds(f *File) []*Name {
 				// Don't report an error, and skip adding n to the needType array.
 				continue
 			}
-			error_(f.NamePos[n], "could not determine kind of name for C.%s", fixGo(n.Go))
+			error_(f.NamePos[n], "could not determine what C.%s refers to", fixGo(n.Go))
 		case notStrLiteral | notType:
 			n.Kind = "iconst"
 		case notIntConst | notStrLiteral | notType:
-- 
2.48.1