Re: Error while compacting: inflate failed
* David Bremner [2023-07-19 12:26]: > "Peter P." writes: > > > > Thanks David, > > $ notmuch dump --output=/tmp/dump > > runs without errors, albeit the dumped file is only 6.9MB while the > > xapian folder has 851MB. Is this correct? > > Yes, that sounds about right. The dump only includes the tags (it should > more or less make sense if you inspect the first few lines) rather then > the index structures needed for fast lookup, and in particular the dump > does not include the original text of the messages, while the database > effectively does. > > > I can easily rebuild the database even without the dump as I am not > > using tags at all by simply deleting the xapian folder, right? > > Yes, that should work. Thanks again, this fixed the error! best, P ___ notmuch mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
Re: Error while compacting: inflate failed
"Peter P." writes: > > Thanks David, > $ notmuch dump --output=/tmp/dump > runs without errors, albeit the dumped file is only 6.9MB while the > xapian folder has 851MB. Is this correct? Yes, that sounds about right. The dump only includes the tags (it should more or less make sense if you inspect the first few lines) rather then the index structures needed for fast lookup, and in particular the dump does not include the original text of the messages, while the database effectively does. > I can easily rebuild the database even without the dump as I am not > using tags at all by simply deleting the xapian folder, right? Yes, that should work. You may also want to check the usual OS facilities for hardware monitoring (e.g. SMART) in case your disk is unwell (rather than some fluke filesystem corruption). ___ notmuch mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
Re: Error while compacting: inflate failed
* David Bremner [2023-07-18 12:33]: > "Peter P." writes: > > > I am getting > > Error while compacting: inflate failed (invalid stored block lengths) > > with notmuch 0.37-1+b1 on Debian stable. What can I do about this? > > Can you successfully make a backup using "notmuch dump" (or do you have > a recent backup?). In that case I would rebuild the database and restore > the metadata (tags, etc...) from the backup. Thanks David, $ notmuch dump --output=/tmp/dump runs without errors, albeit the dumped file is only 6.9MB while the xapian folder has 851MB. Is this correct? I can easily rebuild the database even without the dump as I am not using tags at all by simply deleting the xapian folder, right? much appreciated! Peter ___ notmuch mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
Re: Error while compacting: inflate failed
"Peter P." writes: > I am getting > Error while compacting: inflate failed (invalid stored block lengths) > with notmuch 0.37-1+b1 on Debian stable. What can I do about this? Can you successfully make a backup using "notmuch dump" (or do you have a recent backup?). In that case I would rebuild the database and restore the metadata (tags, etc...) from the backup. ___ notmuch mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
