WARNING: <file> failed verification -- update discarded (will try again).

Chris Shoemaker c.shoemaker at cox.net
Wed Dec 7 18:50:08 GMT 2005


On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 11:38:25AM -0700, Joe Peterson wrote:
> WARNING: jukebox/Frank_Sinatra/The_Main_Event/04-Let_Me_Try_Again.flac
> failed verification -- update discarded (will try again).
> 
> What does the "WARNING" imply?  What could have gone wrong?  I cannot
> reproduce it.  When I did another sync immediately after, only the
> directory was in the file list, and then I checked the file in question,
> and it matched the source.

If I saw that, the first thing I'd do is fsck.  If fsck found/fixed
errors, I wouldn't give it another thought.  If not, I'd think harder
while trying to remember where I left my gamma-ray shield.  :)

-chris


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