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+From: david@tethera.net\r
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+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] CLI: add simple error handling for talloc logging\r
+Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:13:40 -0400\r
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+From: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>\r
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+This really should have been there before. I think it's better to do\r
+the actual operation and then possibly fail writing the memory log,\r
+but it would not be too hard to change it to abort earlier.\r
+---\r
+ notmuch.c | 12 +++++++-----\r
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c\r
+index a674481..cfb009b 100644\r
+--- a/notmuch.c\r
++++ b/notmuch.c\r
+@@ -294,10 +294,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])\r
+ \r
+ ret = (command->function)(local, argc - opt_index, argv + opt_index);\r
+ \r
+- /* in the future support for this environment variable may\r
+- * be supplemented or replaced by command line arguments\r
+- * --leak-report and/or --leak-report-full */\r
+-\r
+ talloc_report = getenv ("NOTMUCH_TALLOC_REPORT");\r
+ \r
+ /* this relies on the previous call to\r
+@@ -305,7 +301,13 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])\r
+ \r
+ if (talloc_report && strcmp (talloc_report, "") != 0) {\r
+ FILE *report = fopen (talloc_report, "w");\r
+- talloc_report_full (NULL, report);\r
++ if (report) {\r
++ talloc_report_full (NULL, report);\r
++ } else {\r
++ ret = 1;\r
++ fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: unable to write talloc log. ");\r
++ perror (talloc_report);\r
++ }\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+ return ret;\r
+-- \r
+1.7.10.4\r
+\r