As seen: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1297766 Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org> --- lib/libalpm/be_sync.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c index feda6f5..f3e0a33 100644 --- a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c +++ b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c @@ -561,6 +561,13 @@ static int sync_db_read(alpm_db_t *db, struct archive *archive, return -1; } + if(filename == NULL) { + /* A file exists outside of a subdirectory. This isn't a read error, so return + * success and try to continue on. */ + _alpm_log(db->handle, ALPM_LOG_DEBUG, "unknown database file: %s\n", filename); + return 0; + } + if(strcmp(filename, "desc") == 0 || strcmp(filename, "depends") == 0 || (strcmp(filename, "deltas") == 0 && db->handle->deltaratio > 0.0) ) { int ret; -- 1.8.3.2