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+From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>\r
+To: Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] compact: Provide user with more error feedback\r
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+On Sun, Oct 27 2013, Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com> wrote:\r
+\r
+> 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
+\r
+You probably missed my comments in id:m2d2mz7qv7.fsf@guru.guru-group.fi ?\r
+\r
+Tomi\r
+\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
+> 1.8.3.2\r
+>\r
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