Provide the user with instructions after we fail to move the old
un-compacted database out of the way.
Signed-off-by: Ben Gamari <bgamari.f...@gmail.com>
---
lib/database.cc | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc
index 06f1c0a..57c2292 100644
--- a/lib/database.cc
+++ b/lib/database.cc
@@ -922,7 +922,14 @@ notmuch_database_compact (const char* path,
if (old_xapian_path != NULL) {
if (rename(xapian_path, old_xapian_path)) {
- fprintf (stderr, "Error moving old database out of the way\n");
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error moving old database out of the way: %s\n",
+ strerror(errno));
+ fprintf (stderr, "\n");
+ fprintf (stderr, "Old database: %s\n", xapian_path);
+ fprintf (stderr, "Compacted database: %s\n", compact_xapian_path);
+ fprintf (stderr, "\n");
+ fprintf (stderr, "At this point it's probably best to remove the
compacted database,\n");
+ fprintf (stderr, "find the cause of this error, and try compacting
again.\n");
ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
goto DONE;
}
--
1.8.3.2
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