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+From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [PATCH 5/5] compact: improve error messages on failures after\r
+ compaction\r
+Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:03:27 +0200\r
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+The error messages written during the steps replacing old\r
+database with new now includes relevant paths and strerror.\r
+---\r
+ lib/database.cc | 16 ++++++++++++----\r
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc\r
+index d09ad99..f395061 100644\r
+--- a/lib/database.cc\r
++++ b/lib/database.cc\r
+@@ -942,19 +942,27 @@ notmuch_database_compact (const char *path,\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+ if (rename (xapian_path, backup_path)) {\r
+- fprintf (stderr, "Error moving old database out of the way\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Error moving %s to %s: %s\n",\r
++ xapian_path, backup_path, strerror (errno));\r
+ ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+ if (rename (compact_xapian_path, xapian_path)) {\r
+- fprintf (stderr, "Error moving compacted database\n");\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Error moving %s to %s: %s\n",\r
++ compact_xapian_path, xapian_path, strerror (errno));\r
+ ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+- if (! keep_backup)\r
+- rmtree (backup_path);\r
++ if (! keep_backup) {\r
++ if (rmtree (backup_path)) {\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "Error removing old database %s: %s\n",\r
++ backup_path, strerror (errno));\r
++ ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
++ goto DONE;\r
++ }\r
++ }\r
+ \r
+ DONE:\r
+ if (notmuch)\r
+-- \r
+1.8.0\r
+\r