From 7a7af4649b47543e32105dee4ef7045d279a4dd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" <steinar+nageru@gunderson.no>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:19:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] When reading mlocate.db, properly skip the configuration
 block.

This could cause some entries to be skipped until we regained sync,
especially in the root directory.
---
 plocate-build.cpp | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plocate-build.cpp b/plocate-build.cpp
index 62be45d..132a3ff 100644
--- a/plocate-build.cpp
+++ b/plocate-build.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <iosfwd>
@@ -420,6 +421,12 @@ void read_mlocate(FILE *fp, DatabaseReceiver *receiver)
 
 	// TODO: Care about the base path.
 	string path = read_cstr(fp);
+
+	if (fseek(fp, ntohl(hdr.conf_size), SEEK_CUR) != 0) {
+		perror("skip conf block");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while (!feof(fp)) {
 		handle_directory(fp, receiver);
 	}
-- 
2.39.2