From 450a20f28594f4c3eefe51ead4b2815ef4b20575 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter van Dijk <peter.van.dijk@powerdns.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:47:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ignore unloadable files, causing a fresh zone retrieve

---
 pdns/ixfrdist.cc | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pdns/ixfrdist.cc b/pdns/ixfrdist.cc
index 4516a6eccc..c115b256f6 100644
--- a/pdns/ixfrdist.cc
+++ b/pdns/ixfrdist.cc
@@ -289,9 +289,11 @@ void updateThread(const string& workdir, const uint16_t& keep, const uint16_t& a
         string fname = workdir + "/" + domain.toString() + "/" + std::to_string(serial);
         loadSOAFromDisk(domain, fname, soa, soaTTL);
         records_t records;
-        if (soa != nullptr) {
-          loadZoneFromDisk(records, fname, domain);
+        if (soa == nullptr) {
+          g_log<<Logger::Error<<"Could not load SOA from disk for zone "<<domain<<", ignoring file"<<endl;
+          continue;
         }
+        loadZoneFromDisk(records, fname, domain);
         auto zoneInfo = std::make_shared<ixfrinfo_t>();
         zoneInfo->latestAXFR = std::move(records);
         zoneInfo->soa = soa;
-- 
2.47.2