If we are unable to mmap the a region of the packfile with the mmap() system call there may be a good reason why, such as a closed file descriptor or out of address space. Reporting the system level error message can help to debug such problems. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- sha1_file.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c index fab2ab0..7872c2d 100644 --- a/sha1_file.c +++ b/sha1_file.c @@ -590,7 +590,9 @@ unsigned char* use_pack(struct packed_git *p, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, p->pack_fd, win->offset); if (win->base == MAP_FAILED) - die("packfile %s cannot be mapped.", p->pack_name); + die("packfile %s cannot be mapped: %s", + p->pack_name, + strerror(errno)); win->next = p->windows; p->windows = win; } -- 1.4.4.3.g87d8 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html