From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B79D431FC7 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:03:15 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id E0Y5XYJDHiFF for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:03:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from guru.guru-group.fi (guru.guru-group.fi [46.183.73.34]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C180F431FDB for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:02:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by guru.guru-group.fi (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7E9A51000F3; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:02:53 +0200 (EET) From: Tomi Ollila To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] compact: provide user more information on after-compaction failures Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:02:47 +0200 Message-Id: <1384362167-12740-6-git-send-email-tomi.ollila@iki.fi> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.0 In-Reply-To: <1384362167-12740-1-git-send-email-tomi.ollila@iki.fi> References: <1384362167-12740-1-git-send-email-tomi.ollila@iki.fi> Cc: tomi.ollila@iki.fi X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:03:15 -0000 After database has been compacted, there are steps to put the new database into place -- and these steps may fail. In case such failure happens, provide better information how to resolve it. Thanks to Ben Gamari for most of the information content. --- lib/database.cc | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc index 4b5ac64..a6daac6 100644 --- a/lib/database.cc +++ b/lib/database.cc @@ -939,19 +939,50 @@ notmuch_database_compact (const char *path, } if (rename (xapian_path, backup_path)) { - fprintf (stderr, "Error moving old database out of the way\n"); + fprintf (stderr, "Error moving old database out of the way:\n" + "Old database: %s\n" + "Backup database: %s\n" + "Error: %s\n", xapian_path, backup_path, strerror (errno)); ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR; goto DONE; } if (rename (compact_xapian_path, xapian_path)) { - fprintf (stderr, "Error moving compacted database\n"); + fprintf (stderr, "Error moving compacted database into place: %s\n", + strerror (errno)); + fprintf (stderr, "\n" + "Encountered error while moving the compacted database\n" + "\n" + " %s\n" + "\n" + "to\n" + "\n" + " %s\n" + "\n" + "Please identify the reason for this and move the compacted database\n" + "into place manually.\n" + "\n" + "Alternatively you can revert to the uncompacted database with\n" + "\n" + " mv '%s' '%s'\n" + "\n", compact_xapian_path, xapian_path, + backup_path, xapian_path); ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR; goto DONE; } - if (! keep_backup) - rmtree (backup_path); + if (! keep_backup) { + if (rmtree (backup_path)) { + fprintf (stderr, "Error removing backup database: %s\n", + strerror (errno)); + fprintf (stderr, "\n" + "Please remove the backup database with\n" + "\n" + " rm -rf '%s'\n" "\n", backup_path); + ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR; + goto DONE; + } + } DONE: if (notmuch) -- 1.8.3.1