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Bug 363938 - Need to handle sync errors more gracefully
Summary: Need to handle sync errors more gracefully
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: PTP
Classification: Tools
Component: RDT.sync (show other bugs)
Version: 5.0.4   Edit
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: 8.0   Edit
Assignee: Project Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-11-16 11:53 EST by Greg Watson CLA
Modified: 2014-08-13 12:31 EDT (History)
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Description Greg Watson CLA 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 CLA 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 CLA 2014-08-13 12:31:22 EDT 
The error messages now make much more sense.