Commit early if we are creating a new file. This means that the work is

not wasted if an error occurs later.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.debian.org/svn/secure-testing@2000 e39458fd-73e7-0310-bf30-c45bca0a0e42

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/update-db b/bin/update-db
index 273d9fa7e0..0c732cd4cb 100755
--- a/bin/update-db
+++ b/bin/update-db
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ import security_db
 db_file = 'data/security.db'
 try:
     db = security_db.DB(db_file, verbose=True)
+    new_file = False
 except security_db.SchemaMismatch:
     os.unlink(db_file)
     db = security_db.DB(db_file, verbose=True)
+    new_file = True
     
 cursor = db.writeTxn()
 
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ if warnings:
 
 db.readPackages(cursor, 'data/packages')
 
+if new_file:
+    db.commit(cursor)
+    cursor = db.writeTxn()
+
 # Calculate vulnerability information.
 
 warnings = db.calculateVulnerabilities(cursor)