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commit 5478fe37f1fe28bb575afef267e5c0234c8c038b
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Sep 10 03:10:56 2026 -0500
[libbib]: Improve error diagnostic.
* src/libs/libbib/index.cpp (index_search_item::load): ...to communicate
the consequences of a corrupt index file: it gets ignored, meaning
that its bibliographic (plain text) file counterpart is processed
instead.
---
ChangeLog | 7 +++++++
src/libs/libbib/index.cpp | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b24866354..248f8c9e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2026-09-10 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ * src/libs/libbib/index.cpp (index_search_item::load): Improve
+ error diagnostic to communicate the consequences of a corrupt
+ index file: it gets ignored, meaning that its bibliographic
+ {plain text} file counterpart is processed instead.
+
2026-09-03 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
* tmac/s.tmac (KF): Break the line just as `KS` does.
diff --git a/src/libs/libbib/index.cpp b/src/libs/libbib/index.cpp
index ee0a7d5d9..b783ebf1e 100644
--- a/src/libs/libbib/index.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/libbib/index.cpp
@@ -253,9 +253,10 @@ bool index_search_item::load(int fd)
const char *problem = check_header(&header, size);
if (problem != 0 /* nullptr */) {
if (do_verify)
- error("corrupt header in index file '%1': %2", name, problem);
+ error("ignoring index file '%1' due to corrupt header: %2", name,
+ problem);
else
- error("corrupt header in index file '%1'", name);
+ error("ignoring index file '%1' due to corrupt header", name);
return false;
}
tags = (tag *)(addr + sizeof(header));
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