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-rw-r--r--src/inspircd_io.cpp7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/inspircd_io.cpp b/src/inspircd_io.cpp
index de3d23689..a01048e85 100644
--- a/src/inspircd_io.cpp
+++ b/src/inspircd_io.cpp
@@ -355,6 +355,13 @@ bool LoadConf(const char* filename, std::stringstream *target, std::stringstream
std::string newstuff = merge.str();
*target << newstuff;
}
+ else
+ {
+ // the error propogates up to its parent recursively
+ // causing the config reader to bail at the top level.
+ fclose(conf);
+ return false;
+ }
}
else
{