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| -rw-r--r-- | pym/portage.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage.py b/pym/portage.py index b434b338e..eb44be8aa 100644 --- a/pym/portage.py +++ b/pym/portage.py @@ -6799,8 +6799,16 @@ class dblink: myc=open(self.dbdir+"/CONTENTS","r") mylines=myc.readlines() myc.close() + null_byte = "\0" + contents_file = os.path.join(self.dbdir, "CONTENTS") pos=1 for line in mylines: + if null_byte in line: + # Null bytes are a common indication of corruption. + writemsg("!!! Null byte found in contents " + \ + "file, line %d: '%s'\n" % (pos, contents_file), + noiselevel=-1) + continue mydat = line.split() # we do this so we can remove from non-root filesystems # (use the ROOT var to allow maintenance on other partitions) |