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Bug 363938

Summary:	Need to handle sync errors more gracefully
Product:	[Tools] PTP	Reporter:	Greg Watson <g.watson>
Component:	RDT.sync	Assignee:	Project Inbox <ptp-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	jeblen
Version:	5.0.4
Target Milestone:	8.0
Hardware:	Macintosh
OS:	Mac OS X
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Description Greg Watson

2011-11-16 11:53:34 EST

I recently accidentally tried to sync to a filesystem where I didn't have write access. The error that resulted was highly cryptic and provided no useful information in trying to determine the cause of the problem:

	Synchronization error for project shallow:

	ssh://none/uf/ac/grw/shallow1/.ptp-sync: error occurred during unpacking on the remote end: unpack-objects abnormal exit

	ssh://none/uf/ac/grw/shallow1/.ptp-sync: error occurred during unpacking on the remote end: unpack-objects abnormal exit

This situation (and other sync errors) really need to be handled more gracefully.

Comment 1 John Eblen

2014-08-06 15:52:38 EDT

In the latest version, I receive a clear error message that the directory could not be created. (Actually, the message appears three times!)

This is an old bug. I suggest either closing it or updating it with specific problems that occur now. There may still be cases where error handling can be improved, but this bug is too vague without specific examples.

Comment 2 Greg Watson

2014-08-13 12:31:22 EDT

The error messages now make much more sense.