FS#25313 : pacman doesn't quit early on reading a bogus package

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FS#25313 - pacman doesn't quit early on reading a bogus package

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 29 July 2011, 19:42 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 19 August 2011, 17:10 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	General
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Dan McGee (toofishes)
Architecture	All
Severity	Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version	git
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	1 Sverd Johnsen (sjohnsen) (2011-08-07)
Private	No

Details

If we encounter a directory in the local DB that has nothing in it, we should just abort, rather than spewing out the massive load of repetitive errors shown in the attachment.

pacman-Qi-fakepkg (38.5 KiB)

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Closed by Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Friday, 19 August 2011, 17:10 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: see comments