Use proper quotes everywhere

1 files changed, 64 insertions, 64 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index ab5b60132e3f..f91a0889250a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -212,10 +212,10 @@ void checkStoreNotSymlink()
     struct stat st;
     while (path != "/") {
         if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-            throw SysError(format("getting status of `%1%'") % path);
+            throw SysError(format("getting status of ‘%1%’") % path);
         if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
             throw Error(format(
-                "the path `%1%' is a symlink; "
+                "the path ‘%1%’ is a symlink; "
                 "this is not allowed for the Nix store and its parent directories")
                 % path);
         path = dirOf(path);
@@ -254,22 +254,22 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(bool reserveSpace)
         Path perUserDir = profilesDir + "/per-user";
         createDirs(perUserDir);
         if (chmod(perUserDir.c_str(), 01777) == -1)
-            throw SysError(format("could not set permissions on `%1%' to 1777") % perUserDir);
+            throw SysError(format("could not set permissions on ‘%1%’ to 1777") % perUserDir);
 
         struct group * gr = getgrnam(settings.buildUsersGroup.c_str());
         if (!gr)
-            throw Error(format("the group `%1%' specified in `build-users-group' does not exist")
+            throw Error(format("the group ‘%1%’ specified in ‘build-users-group’ does not exist")
                 % settings.buildUsersGroup);
 
         struct stat st;
         if (stat(settings.nixStore.c_str(), &st))
-            throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % settings.nixStore);
+            throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % settings.nixStore);
 
         if (st.st_uid != 0 || st.st_gid != gr->gr_gid || (st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT) != 01775) {
             if (chown(settings.nixStore.c_str(), 0, gr->gr_gid) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("changing ownership of path `%1%'") % settings.nixStore);
+                throw SysError(format("changing ownership of path ‘%1%’") % settings.nixStore);
             if (chmod(settings.nixStore.c_str(), 01775) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("changing permissions on path `%1%'") % settings.nixStore);
+                throw SysError(format("changing permissions on path ‘%1%’") % settings.nixStore);
         }
     }
 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ int LocalStore::getSchema()
     if (pathExists(schemaPath)) {
         string s = readFile(schemaPath);
         if (!string2Int(s, curSchema))
-            throw Error(format("`%1%' is corrupt") % schemaPath);
+            throw Error(format("‘%1%’ is corrupt") % schemaPath);
     }
     return curSchema;
 }
@@ -381,13 +381,13 @@ int LocalStore::getSchema()
 void LocalStore::openDB(bool create)
 {
     if (access(settings.nixDBPath.c_str(), R_OK | W_OK))
-        throw SysError(format("Nix database directory `%1%' is not writable") % settings.nixDBPath);
+        throw SysError(format("Nix database directory ‘%1%’ is not writable") % settings.nixDBPath);
 
     /* Open the Nix database. */
     string dbPath = settings.nixDBPath + "/db.sqlite";
     if (sqlite3_open_v2(dbPath.c_str(), &db.db,
             SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE | (create ? SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE : 0), 0) != SQLITE_OK)
-        throw Error(format("cannot open Nix database `%1%'") % dbPath);
+        throw Error(format("cannot open Nix database ‘%1%’") % dbPath);
 
     if (sqlite3_busy_timeout(db, 60 * 60 * 1000) != SQLITE_OK)
         throwSQLiteError(db, "setting timeout");
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path, const struct
                  | 0444
                  | (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR ? 0111 : 0);
             if (chmod(path.c_str(), mode) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("changing mode of `%1%' to %2$o") % path % mode);
+                throw SysError(format("changing mode of ‘%1%’ to %2$o") % path % mode);
         }
 
     }
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path, const struct
 #else
         if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && utimes(path.c_str(), times) == -1)
 #endif
-            throw SysError(format("changing modification time of `%1%'") % path);
+            throw SysError(format("changing modification time of ‘%1%’") % path);
     }
 }
 
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path)
 {
     struct stat st;
     if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % path);
     canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path, st);
 }
 
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSe
 
     struct stat st;
     if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % path);
 
     /* Really make sure that the path is of a supported type.  This
        has already been checked in dumpPath(). */
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSe
     if (fromUid != (uid_t) -1 && st.st_uid != fromUid) {
         assert(!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode));
         if (inodesSeen.find(Inode(st.st_dev, st.st_ino)) == inodesSeen.end())
-            throw BuildError(format("invalid ownership on file `%1%'") % path);
+            throw BuildError(format("invalid ownership on file ‘%1%’") % path);
         mode_t mode = st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT;
         assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) || (st.st_uid == geteuid() && (mode == 0444 || mode == 0555) && st.st_mtime == mtimeStore));
         return;
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSe
         if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) &&
             chown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), (gid_t) -1) == -1)
 #endif
-            throw SysError(format("changing owner of `%1%' to %2%")
+            throw SysError(format("changing owner of ‘%1%’ to %2%")
                 % path % geteuid());
     }
 
@@ -608,11 +608,11 @@ void canonicalisePathMetaData(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSeen & ino
        be a symlink, since we can't change its ownership. */
     struct stat st;
     if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % path);
 
     if (st.st_uid != geteuid()) {
         assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode));
-        throw Error(format("wrong ownership of top-level store path `%1%'") % path);
+        throw Error(format("wrong ownership of top-level store path ‘%1%’") % path);
     }
 }
 
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ void LocalStore::checkDerivationOutputs(const Path & drvPath, const Derivation &
     if (isFixedOutputDrv(drv)) {
         DerivationOutputs::const_iterator out = drv.outputs.find("out");
         if (out == drv.outputs.end())
-            throw Error(format("derivation `%1%' does not have an output named `out'") % drvPath);
+            throw Error(format("derivation ‘%1%’ does not have an output named ‘out’") % drvPath);
 
         bool recursive; HashType ht; Hash h;
         out->second.parseHashInfo(recursive, ht, h);
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ void LocalStore::checkDerivationOutputs(const Path & drvPath, const Derivation &
 
         StringPairs::const_iterator j = drv.env.find("out");
         if (out->second.path != outPath || j == drv.env.end() || j->second != outPath)
-            throw Error(format("derivation `%1%' has incorrect output `%2%', should be `%3%'")
+            throw Error(format("derivation ‘%1%’ has incorrect output ‘%2%’, should be ‘%3%’")
                 % drvPath % out->second.path % outPath);
     }
 
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ void LocalStore::checkDerivationOutputs(const Path & drvPath, const Derivation &
             Path outPath = makeOutputPath(i->first, h, drvName);
             StringPairs::const_iterator j = drv.env.find(i->first);
             if (i->second.path != outPath || j == drv.env.end() || j->second != outPath)
-                throw Error(format("derivation `%1%' has incorrect output `%2%', should be `%3%'")
+                throw Error(format("derivation ‘%1%’ has incorrect output ‘%2%’, should be ‘%3%’")
                     % drvPath % i->second.path % outPath);
         }
     }
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ unsigned long long LocalStore::addValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info, bool che
     else
         stmtRegisterValidPath.bind(); // null
     if (sqlite3_step(stmtRegisterValidPath) != SQLITE_DONE)
-        throwSQLiteError(db, format("registering valid path `%1%' in database") % info.path);
+        throwSQLiteError(db, format("registering valid path ‘%1%’ in database") % info.path);
     unsigned long long id = sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(db);
 
     /* If this is a derivation, then store the derivation outputs in
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ unsigned long long LocalStore::addValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info, bool che
             stmtAddDerivationOutput.bind(i->first);
             stmtAddDerivationOutput.bind(i->second.path);
             if (sqlite3_step(stmtAddDerivationOutput) != SQLITE_DONE)
-                throwSQLiteError(db, format("adding derivation output for `%1%' in database") % info.path);
+                throwSQLiteError(db, format("adding derivation output for ‘%1%’ in database") % info.path);
         }
     }
 
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ void LocalStore::registerFailedPath(const Path & path)
         stmtRegisterFailedPath.bind(path);
         stmtRegisterFailedPath.bind(time(0));
         if (sqlite3_step(stmtRegisterFailedPath) != SQLITE_DONE)
-            throwSQLiteError(db, format("registering failed path `%1%'") % path);
+            throwSQLiteError(db, format("registering failed path ‘%1%’") % path);
     } end_retry_sqlite;
 }
 
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ void LocalStore::clearFailedPaths(const PathSet & paths)
             SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtClearFailedPath);
             stmtClearFailedPath.bind(*i);
             if (sqlite3_step(stmtClearFailedPath) != SQLITE_DONE)
-                throwSQLiteError(db, format("clearing failed path `%1%' in database") % *i);
+                throwSQLiteError(db, format("clearing failed path ‘%1%’ in database") % *i);
         }
 
         txn.commit();
@@ -788,11 +788,11 @@ Hash parseHashField(const Path & path, const string & s)
 {
     string::size_type colon = s.find(':');
     if (colon == string::npos)
-        throw Error(format("corrupt hash `%1%' in valid-path entry for `%2%'")
+        throw Error(format("corrupt hash ‘%1%’ in valid-path entry for ‘%2%’")
             % s % path);
     HashType ht = parseHashType(string(s, 0, colon));
     if (ht == htUnknown)
-        throw Error(format("unknown hash type `%1%' in valid-path entry for `%2%'")
+        throw Error(format("unknown hash type ‘%1%’ in valid-path entry for ‘%2%’")
             % string(s, 0, colon) % path);
     return parseHash(ht, string(s, colon + 1));
 }
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ ValidPathInfo LocalStore::queryPathInfo(const Path & path)
         stmtQueryPathInfo.bind(path);
 
         int r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryPathInfo);
-        if (r == SQLITE_DONE) throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+        if (r == SQLITE_DONE) throw Error(format("path ‘%1%’ is not valid") % path);
         if (r != SQLITE_ROW) throwSQLiteError(db, "querying path in database");
 
         info.id = sqlite3_column_int(stmtQueryPathInfo, 0);
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ ValidPathInfo LocalStore::queryPathInfo(const Path & path)
         }
 
         if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
-            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting references of `%1%'") % path);
+            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting references of ‘%1%’") % path);
 
         return info;
     } end_retry_sqlite;
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ void LocalStore::updatePathInfo(const ValidPathInfo & info)
     stmtUpdatePathInfo.bind("sha256:" + printHash(info.hash));
     stmtUpdatePathInfo.bind(info.path);
     if (sqlite3_step(stmtUpdatePathInfo) != SQLITE_DONE)
-        throwSQLiteError(db, format("updating info of path `%1%' in database") % info.path);
+        throwSQLiteError(db, format("updating info of path ‘%1%’ in database") % info.path);
 }
 
 
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ unsigned long long LocalStore::queryValidPathId(const Path & path)
     stmtQueryPathInfo.bind(path);
     int res = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryPathInfo);
     if (res == SQLITE_ROW) return sqlite3_column_int(stmtQueryPathInfo, 0);
-    if (res == SQLITE_DONE) throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+    if (res == SQLITE_DONE) throw Error(format("path ‘%1%’ is not valid") % path);
     throwSQLiteError(db, "querying path in database");
 }
 
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ void LocalStore::queryReferrers_(const Path & path, PathSet & referrers)
     }
 
     if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
-        throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting references of `%1%'") % path);
+        throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting references of ‘%1%’") % path);
 }
 
 
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ PathSet LocalStore::queryValidDerivers(const Path & path)
         }
 
         if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
-            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting valid derivers of `%1%'") % path);
+            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting valid derivers of ‘%1%’") % path);
 
         return derivers;
     } end_retry_sqlite;
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ PathSet LocalStore::queryDerivationOutputs(const Path & path)
         }
 
         if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
-            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting outputs of `%1%'") % path);
+            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting outputs of ‘%1%’") % path);
 
         return outputs;
     } end_retry_sqlite;
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ StringSet LocalStore::queryDerivationOutputNames(const Path & path)
         }
 
         if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
-            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting output names of `%1%'") % path);
+            throwSQLiteError(db, format("error getting output names of ‘%1%’") % path);
 
         return outputNames;
     } end_retry_sqlite;
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ void LocalStore::startSubstituter(const Path & substituter, RunningSubstituter &
 {
     if (run.disabled || run.pid != -1) return;
 
-    debug(format("starting substituter program `%1%'") % substituter);
+    debug(format("starting substituter program ‘%1%’") % substituter);
 
     Pipe toPipe, fromPipe, errorPipe;
 
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ void LocalStore::startSubstituter(const Path & substituter, RunningSubstituter &
         if (dup2(errorPipe.writeSide, STDERR_FILENO) == -1)
             throw SysError("dupping stderr");
         execl(substituter.c_str(), substituter.c_str(), "--query", NULL);
-        throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % substituter);
+        throw SysError(format("executing ‘%1%’") % substituter);
     });
 
     run.program = baseNameOf(substituter);
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ string LocalStore::getLineFromSubstituter(RunningSubstituter & run)
                 if (errno == EINTR) continue;
                 throw SysError("reading from substituter's stderr");
             }
-            if (n == 0) throw EndOfFile(format("substituter `%1%' died unexpectedly") % run.program);
+            if (n == 0) throw EndOfFile(format("substituter ‘%1%’ died unexpectedly") % run.program);
             err.append(buf, n);
             string::size_type p;
             while ((p = err.find('\n')) != string::npos) {
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ void LocalStore::querySubstitutablePathInfos(const Path & substituter,
         Path path = getLineFromSubstituter(run);
         if (path == "") break;
         if (paths.find(path) == paths.end())
-            throw Error(format("got unexpected path `%1%' from substituter") % path);
+            throw Error(format("got unexpected path ‘%1%’ from substituter") % path);
         paths.erase(path);
         SubstitutablePathInfo & info(infos[path]);
         info.deriver = getLineFromSubstituter(run);
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ void LocalStore::registerValidPaths(const ValidPathInfos & infos)
    there are no referrers. */
 void LocalStore::invalidatePath(const Path & path)
 {
-    debug(format("invalidating path `%1%'") % path);
+    debug(format("invalidating path ‘%1%’") % path);
 
     drvHashes.erase(path);
 
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ void LocalStore::invalidatePath(const Path & path)
     stmtInvalidatePath.bind(path);
 
     if (sqlite3_step(stmtInvalidatePath) != SQLITE_DONE)
-        throwSQLiteError(db, format("invalidating path `%1%' in database") % path);
+        throwSQLiteError(db, format("invalidating path ‘%1%’ in database") % path);
 
     /* Note that the foreign key constraints on the Refs table take
        care of deleting the references entries for `path'. */
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ Path LocalStore::addToStore(const Path & _srcPath,
     bool recursive, HashType hashAlgo, PathFilter & filter, bool repair)
 {
     Path srcPath(absPath(_srcPath));
-    debug(format("adding `%1%' to the store") % srcPath);
+    debug(format("adding ‘%1%’ to the store") % srcPath);
 
     /* Read the whole path into memory. This is not a very scalable
        method for very large paths, but `copyPath' is mainly used for
@@ -1475,9 +1475,9 @@ static void checkSecrecy(const Path & path)
 {
     struct stat st;
     if (stat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting status of `%1%'") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("getting status of ‘%1%’") % path);
     if ((st.st_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)) != 0)
-        throw Error(format("file `%1%' should be secret (inaccessible to everybody else)!") % path);
+        throw Error(format("file ‘%1%’ should be secret (inaccessible to everybody else)!") % path);
 }
 
 
@@ -1486,10 +1486,10 @@ void LocalStore::exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
 {
     assertStorePath(path);
 
-    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("exporting path `%1%'") % path);
+    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("exporting path ‘%1%’") % path);
 
     if (!isValidPath(path))
-        throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+        throw Error(format("path ‘%1%’ is not valid") % path);
 
     HashAndWriteSink hashAndWriteSink(sink);
 
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ void LocalStore::exportPath(const Path & path, bool sign,
     Hash hash = hashAndWriteSink.currentHash();
     Hash storedHash = queryPathHash(path);
     if (hash != storedHash && storedHash != Hash(storedHash.type))
-        throw Error(format("hash of path `%1%' has changed from `%2%' to `%3%'!") % path
+        throw Error(format("hash of path ‘%1%’ has changed from ‘%2%’ to ‘%3%’!") % path
             % printHash(storedHash) % printHash(hash));
 
     writeInt(EXPORT_MAGIC, hashAndWriteSink);
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@ Path LocalStore::importPath(bool requireSignature, Source & source)
     bool haveSignature = readInt(hashAndReadSource) == 1;
 
     if (requireSignature && !haveSignature)
-        throw Error(format("imported archive of `%1%' lacks a signature") % dstPath);
+        throw Error(format("imported archive of ‘%1%’ lacks a signature") % dstPath);
 
     if (haveSignature) {
         string signature = readString(hashAndReadSource);
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@ Path LocalStore::importPath(bool requireSignature, Source & source)
             if (pathExists(dstPath)) deletePath(dstPath);
 
             if (rename(unpacked.c_str(), dstPath.c_str()) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("cannot move `%1%' to `%2%'")
+                throw SysError(format("cannot move ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’")
                     % unpacked % dstPath);
 
             canonicalisePathMetaData(dstPath, -1);
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ Paths LocalStore::importPaths(bool requireSignature, Source & source)
     while (true) {
         unsigned long long n = readLongLong(source);
         if (n == 0) break;
-        if (n != 1) throw Error("input doesn't look like something created by `nix-store --export'");
+        if (n != 1) throw Error("input doesn't look like something created by ‘nix-store --export’");
         res.push_back(importPath(requireSignature, source));
     }
     return res;
@@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ void LocalStore::invalidatePathChecked(const Path & path)
             PathSet referrers; queryReferrers_(path, referrers);
             referrers.erase(path); /* ignore self-references */
             if (!referrers.empty())
-                throw PathInUse(format("cannot delete path `%1%' because it is in use by %2%")
+                throw PathInUse(format("cannot delete path ‘%1%’ because it is in use by %2%")
                     % path % showPaths(referrers));
             invalidatePath(path);
         }
@@ -1755,12 +1755,12 @@ bool LocalStore::verifyStore(bool checkContents, bool repair)
                 ValidPathInfo info = queryPathInfo(*i);
 
                 /* Check the content hash (optionally - slow). */
-                printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("checking contents of `%1%'") % *i);
+                printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("checking contents of ‘%1%’") % *i);
                 HashResult current = hashPath(info.hash.type, *i);
 
                 if (info.hash != nullHash && info.hash != current.first) {
-                    printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' was modified! "
-                            "expected hash `%2%', got `%3%'")
+                    printMsg(lvlError, format("path ‘%1%’ was modified! "
+                            "expected hash ‘%2%’, got ‘%3%’")
                         % *i % printHash(info.hash) % printHash(current.first));
                     if (repair) repairPath(*i); else errors = true;
                 } else {
@@ -1769,14 +1769,14 @@ bool LocalStore::verifyStore(bool checkContents, bool repair)
 
                     /* Fill in missing hashes. */
                     if (info.hash == nullHash) {
-                        printMsg(lvlError, format("fixing missing hash on `%1%'") % *i);
+                        printMsg(lvlError, format("fixing missing hash on ‘%1%’") % *i);
                         info.hash = current.first;
                         update = true;
                     }
 
                     /* Fill in missing narSize fields (from old stores). */
                     if (info.narSize == 0) {
-                        printMsg(lvlError, format("updating size field on `%1%' to %2%") % *i % current.second);
+                        printMsg(lvlError, format("updating size field on ‘%1%’ to %2%") % *i % current.second);
                         info.narSize = current.second;
                         update = true;
                     }
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ void LocalStore::verifyPath(const Path & path, const PathSet & store,
     done.insert(path);
 
     if (!isStorePath(path)) {
-        printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' is not in the Nix store") % path);
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("path ‘%1%’ is not in the Nix store") % path);
         invalidatePath(path);
         return;
     }
@@ -1828,10 +1828,10 @@ void LocalStore::verifyPath(const Path & path, const PathSet & store,
             }
 
         if (canInvalidate) {
-            printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' disappeared, removing from database...") % path);
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("path ‘%1%’ disappeared, removing from database...") % path);
             invalidatePath(path);
         } else {
-            printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' disappeared, but it still has valid referrers!") % path);
+            printMsg(lvlError, format("path ‘%1%’ disappeared, but it still has valid referrers!") % path);
             if (repair)
                 try {
                     repairPath(path);
@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ bool LocalStore::pathContentsGood(const Path & path)
 {
     std::map<Path, bool>::iterator i = pathContentsGoodCache.find(path);
     if (i != pathContentsGoodCache.end()) return i->second;
-    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("checking path `%1%'...") % path);
+    printMsg(lvlInfo, format("checking path ‘%1%’...") % path);
     ValidPathInfo info = queryPathInfo(path);
     bool res;
     if (!pathExists(path))
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ bool LocalStore::pathContentsGood(const Path & path)
         res = info.hash == nullHash || info.hash == current.first;
     }
     pathContentsGoodCache[path] = res;
-    if (!res) printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' is corrupted or missing!") % path);
+    if (!res) printMsg(lvlError, format("path ‘%1%’ is corrupted or missing!") % path);
     return res;
 }
 
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ ValidPathInfo LocalStore::queryPathInfoOld(const Path & path)
     string baseName = baseNameOf(path);
     Path infoFile = (format("%1%/info/%2%") % settings.nixDBPath % baseName).str();
     if (!pathExists(infoFile))
-        throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+        throw Error(format("path ‘%1%’ is not valid") % path);
     string info = readFile(infoFile);
 
     /* Parse it. */
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ ValidPathInfo LocalStore::queryPathInfoOld(const Path & path)
     foreach (Strings::iterator, i, lines) {
         string::size_type p = i->find(':');
         if (p == string::npos)
-            throw Error(format("corrupt line in `%1%': %2%") % infoFile % *i);
+            throw Error(format("corrupt line in ‘%1%’: %2%") % infoFile % *i);
         string name(*i, 0, p);
         string value(*i, p + 2);
         if (name == "References") {
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ static void makeMutable(const Path & path)
     AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW);
     if (fd == -1) {
         if (errno == ELOOP) return; // it's a symlink
-        throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("opening file ‘%1%’") % path);
     }
 
     unsigned int flags = 0, old;