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-rw-r--r--lib/libalpm/be_sync.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
index bd68739f..0b996843 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
@@ -562,6 +562,14 @@ 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_WARNING, _("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;