1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/methods/gzip.cc b/methods/gzip.cc
index 5b9b66b50..22cae9424 100644
--- a/methods/gzip.cc
+++ b/methods/gzip.cc
@@ -48,12 +48,9 @@ bool GzipMethod::Fetch(FetchItem *Itm)
    // Open the source and destination files
    FileFd From(Path,FileFd::ReadOnlyGzip);
 
-   // if the file is empty, just rename it and return
-   if(From.Size() == 0) 
-   {
-      rename(Path.c_str(), Itm->DestFile.c_str());
-      return true;
-   }
+   // FIXME add an error message saying that empty files can't be valid archives
+   if(From.Size() == 0)
+      return false;
 
    FileFd To(Itm->DestFile,FileFd::WriteAtomic);   
    To.EraseOnFailure();