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Diffstat (limited to 'src/inspect_fs.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/inspect_fs.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/inspect_fs.c b/src/inspect_fs.c index baae5428..0859a2b4 100644 --- a/src/inspect_fs.c +++ b/src/inspect_fs.c @@ -507,6 +507,10 @@ check_package_management (guestfs_h *g, struct inspect_fs *fs) /* Get the first line of a small file, without any trailing newline * character. + * + * NOTE: If the file is completely empty or begins with a '\n' + * character, this returns an empty string (not NULL). The caller + * will usually need to check for this case. */ char * guestfs___first_line_of_file (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename) @@ -532,9 +536,9 @@ guestfs___first_line_of_file (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename) if (lines == NULL) return NULL; if (lines[0] == NULL) { - error (g, _("%s: file is empty"), filename); guestfs___free_string_list (lines); - return NULL; + /* Empty file: Return an empty string as explained above. */ + return safe_strdup (g, ""); } /* lines[1] should be NULL because of '1' argument above ... */ |