[libtorrent] Libtorrent-discuss Digest, Vol 119, Issue 13

[Michael Mckeown]

I mean a multi file torrent with some zero bit files in it ie:

torrent downloaded from this site.txt

what happens is the torrent creates but it's corrupted and won't open
with Libtorrent or Utorrent.

I've filtered out zero bit files anyway but a lot of private torrent
sites or private trackers require a .txt file like the above.

Thanks.

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:06:46 +0000
Subject: [libtorrent] Zero bit files
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With the latest build if a single file torrent is created that is zero
bytes file size then an application crash occurs or if its a multi file
torrent with a zero bit file included the torrent will create but is
corrupted.
Is there something you need to do to handle zero bit files?
Thanks.
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:24:38 -0400
Subject: Re: [libtorrent] Zero bit files
To: General discussion about libtorrent
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https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/637
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/636
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/642
G+ http://www.google.com/profiles/aldenml
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Michael Mckeown <

With the latest build if a single file torrent is created that is zero
bytes file size then an application crash occurs or if its a multi file
torrent with a zero bit file included the torrent will create but is
corrupted.
Is there something you need to do to handle zero bit files?
Thanks.
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:52:19 -0400
Subject: Re: [libtorrent] Zero bit files
To: General discussion about libtorrent
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https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/637
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/636
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/642
G+ http://www.google.com/profiles/aldenml
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Michael Mckeown <

With the latest build if a single file torrent is created that is zero
bytes file size then an application crash occurs or if its a multi file
torrent with a zero bit file included the torrent will create but is
corrupted.

Do you mean a muti-file torrent "with at least one empty file" or "every
file is empty"?
If the total size of the torrent is 0 (i.e. every file is zero) it seems
reasonable to fail creating it (obviously not by crashing, but by returning
an error). This is what Alden's patch does as far as I can tell.

Is there something you need to do to handle zero bit files?

I saw this thread after the github thread (causing some confusion).