bin/return-assignment: use plural for reporting broken packages ending in "s"

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bin/return-assignment b/bin/return-assignment
index 2aa236d..e15c471 100755
--- a/bin/return-assignment
+++ b/bin/return-assignment
@@ -234,10 +234,16 @@ if [ "$6" = 'ERROR' ]; then
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2119
     {
-      # shellcheck disable=SC2154
-      printf '%s/%s is broken (says %s)' \
+      printf '%s/%s ' \
         "$5" \
-        "$1" \
+        "$1"
+      if [ "${1%s}s" = "$1" ]; then
+        printf 'are'
+      else
+        printf 'is'
+      fi
+      # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+      printf ' broken (says %s)' \
         "${slave}"
       if [ "$1" = 'electron' ]; then
         printf -- ' - as usual'