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authorkh1 <karsten.heimrich@digia.com>2014-06-11 13:48:24 +0200
committerKarsten Heimrich <karsten.heimrich@digia.com>2014-06-16 17:56:56 +0200
commit12b0bad6c7ca12a0623b6858d8eab6a7c4e5acff (patch)
tree6e514621ea8c39ce16dd9633e14c40611e890c14 /src/libs/installer/binaryformat.cpp
parent995fd6b3e38d3976aa772e8d33d44daa6a4461b9 (diff)
Add important note.
Change-Id: Ifa7364d561b8fbb3370f8e3930e62c040280fe17 Reviewed-by: Niels Weber <niels.weber@digia.com>
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diff --git a/src/libs/installer/binaryformat.cpp b/src/libs/installer/binaryformat.cpp
index be5ff843b..58b46d64c 100644
--- a/src/libs/installer/binaryformat.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/installer/binaryformat.cpp
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ QByteArray QInstaller::retrieveCompressedData(QIODevice *in, qint64 size)
/*!
Search through 1MB, if smaller through the whole file. Note: QFile::map() does
not change QFile::pos(). Fallback to read the file content in case we can't map it.
+
+ Note: Failing to map the file can happen for example while having a remote connection
+ established to the admin server process and we do not support map over the socket.
*/
qint64 QInstaller::findMagicCookie(QFile *in, quint64 magicCookie)
{