# [PATCH 3/5] Improve pack list response handling

1 messages from 2005-11-18 to 2005-11-18. Participants: Nick Hengeveld.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/2590

## Nick Hengeveld, 2005-11-18 19:03

Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Improve pack list response handling
Message-ID: <20051118190311.GH3968@reactrix.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20051118190311.GH3968%40reactrix.com

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Better response handling for pack list requests - a 404 means we do have
the list but it happens to be empty.

Signed-off-by: Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>


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 http-fetch.c |   12 ++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

applies-to: 8e27b8361908dda4ea5955f5ffe332b8cf09c0ec
20223d677b9d7291080acae9f9943aee90ee12ca
diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c
index 53a7dbf..4353173 100644
--- a/http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -637,10 +637,18 @@ static int fetch_indices(struct alt_base
 	if (start_active_slot(slot)) {
 		run_active_slot(slot);
 		if (slot->curl_result != CURLE_OK) {
-			free(buffer.buffer);
-			return error("%s", curl_errorstr);
+			if (slot->http_code == 404) {
+				repo->got_indices = 1;
+				free(buffer.buffer);
+				return 0;
+			} else {
+				repo->got_indices = 0;
+				free(buffer.buffer);
+				return error("%s", curl_errorstr);
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
+		repo->got_indices = 0;
 		free(buffer.buffer);
 		return error("Unable to start request");
 	}
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0.99.9.GIT

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