From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones(a)redhat.com&gt; When receive_file_data calls guestfs___recv_from_daemon, and that function returns -1, it adds the following error to the handle: receive_file_data: parse error in reply callback However this hides a more specific error message which was already added by guestfs___recv_from_daemon. --- src/proto.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/proto.c b/src/proto.c index 1117368..fbe7e3b 100644 --- a/src/proto.c +++ b/src/proto.c @@ -830,10 +830,8 @@ receive_file_data (guestfs_h *g, void **buf_r) guestfs_chunk chunk; r = guestfs___recv_from_daemon (g, &len, &buf); - if (r == -1) { - error (g, _("receive_file_data: parse error in reply callback")); + if (r == -1) return -1; - } if (len == GUESTFS_LAUNCH_FLAG || len == GUESTFS_CANCEL_FLAG) { error (g, _("receive_file_data: unexpected flag received when reading file chunks")); -- 1.8.3.1