Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH v2] Do not continuously try to open an invalid database

2018-01-09 Thread Mar77i via pacman-dev
> Original Message >Subject: Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH v2] Do not continuously try to open an >invalid database >Local Time: January 9, 2018 2:58 PM >UTC Time: January 9, 2018 1:58 PM >From: d...@falconindy.com >To: Discussion list for pacman development >

Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH v2] Do not continuously try to open an invalid database

2018-01-09 Thread Dave Reisner
On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 10:07:13PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > If you manage to download a bad database (e.g. an html file when > behind a proxy or with a badly configured webserver), pacman makes > sure you know about it. Here is some example output: > > error: could not open file /var/lib/pacma

[pacman-dev] [PATCH v2] Do not continuously try to open an invalid database

2018-01-09 Thread Allan McRae
If you manage to download a bad database (e.g. an html file when behind a proxy or with a badly configured webserver), pacman makes sure you know about it. Here is some example output: error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db: Unrecognized archive format error: could not open fil