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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm index 99856286..7cd67f12 100644 --- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm +++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm @@ -117,7 +117,11 @@ sub _xdb_acquire { } } return unless defined $flag; - $self->{xdb} = Search::Xapian::WritableDatabase->new($dir, $flag); + my $xdb = eval { Search::Xapian::WritableDatabase->new($dir, $flag) }; + if ($@) { + die "Failed opening $dir: ", $@; + } + $self->{xdb} = $xdb; } sub add_val ($$$) { |