[pacman-dev] [PATCH] be_sync: error out if a db cannot be parsed

[Allan McRae]

On 17/04/17 13:28, Andrew Gregory wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Gregory <andrew.gregory.8 at gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> See FS#49342 for an example of how to break a database in a way that was
> previously silently ignored.  The linked github issue includes a copy of an
> actual broken db.
> 

Looks like the ideal solution requires libarchive changes.  This is the
best we can do at our end for the time being.

Thanks,
Allan