Re: Error "fatal: cannot pread pack file: Success"

["Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>]

Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> wrote:
> >The code has this:
> >
> >        unsigned long from = obj[0].offset + obj[0].hdr_size;
> >        unsigned long len = obj[1].offset - from;
> >
> >by "offset", do you want obj[0].offset and obj[1].offset?
> >
> >How do I get the size of the packfile?  Is it obj->size?

I meant something like this:

diff --git a/index-pack.c b/index-pack.c
index cf81a99..001aa46 100644
--- a/index-pack.c
+++ b/index-pack.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static void *get_data_from_pack(struct object_entry *obj)
 	do {
 		ssize_t n = pread(pack_fd, data + rdy, len - rdy, from + rdy);
 		if (n <= 0)
-			die("cannot pread pack file: %s", strerror(errno));
+			die("cannot pread pack file: %s from=%lu, packfile size=%lu", strerror(errno), from, lseek(pack_fd, SEEK_END, 0));
 		rdy += n;
 	} while (rdy < len);
 	data = xmalloc(obj->size);

-- 
Shawn.