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+From: Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [PATCH 2/4] compact: Give user more feedback on failure renaming\r
+Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:23:15 -0400\r
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+Provide the user with instructions after we fail to move the old\r
+un-compacted database out of the way.\r
+\r
+Signed-off-by: Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com>\r
+---\r
+ lib/database.cc | 9 ++++++++-\r
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc\r
+index 06f1c0a..57c2292 100644\r
+--- a/lib/database.cc\r
++++ b/lib/database.cc\r
+@@ -922,7 +922,14 @@ notmuch_database_compact (const char* path,\r
+ \r
+ if (old_xapian_path != NULL) {\r
+ if (rename(xapian_path, old_xapian_path)) {\r
+- fprintf (stderr, "Error moving old database out of the way\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Error moving old database out of the way: %s\n",\r
++ strerror(errno));\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Old database: %s\n", xapian_path);\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Compacted database: %s\n", compact_xapian_path);\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "At this point it's probably best to remove the compacted database,\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "find the cause of this error, and try compacting again.\n");\r
+ ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+-- \r
+1.8.3.2\r
+\r