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+From: Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [PATCH 3/3] compact: Provide user with more error feedback\r
+Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:13:05 -0400\r
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+Provide instructions on what to do when we couldn't move the compacted\r
+database into place.\r
+\r
+Signed-off-by: Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com>\r
+---\r
+ lib/database.cc | 18 +++++++++++++++++-\r
+ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc\r
+index 57c2292..6f9fed1 100644\r
+--- a/lib/database.cc\r
++++ b/lib/database.cc\r
+@@ -938,7 +938,23 @@ notmuch_database_compact (const char* path,\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+ if (rename(compact_xapian_path, xapian_path)) {\r
+- fprintf (stderr, "Error moving compacted database\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Error moving compacted database into place: %s\n", strerror(errno));\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Encountered error %s while moving the compacted database,\n",\r
++ strerror(errno));\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, " %s\n", compact_xapian_path);\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "to\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, " %s\n", xapian_path);\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Please identify the reason for this and move the compacted database into place manually.\n");\r
++ if (backup_path != NULL) {\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Otherwise, you can revert to the backup database located at,\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, " %s\n", backup_path);\r
++ }\r
+ ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+-- \r
+1.8.1.2\r
+\r