From 2c9ea48bd90060d0c7c2874da7606f8f6ac47a25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcus Holland-Moritz <github@mhxnet.de>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:59:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(mkdwarfs): catch exceptions when building
 categorizers

---
 tools/src/mkdwarfs_main.cpp | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/src/mkdwarfs_main.cpp b/tools/src/mkdwarfs_main.cpp
index a8a3c339..51515633 100644
--- a/tools/src/mkdwarfs_main.cpp
+++ b/tools/src/mkdwarfs_main.cpp
@@ -1240,9 +1240,14 @@ int mkdwarfs_main(int argc, sys_char** argv, iolayer const& iol) {
     options.inode.categorizer_mgr =
         std::make_shared<writer::categorizer_manager>(lgr, path);
 
-    for (auto const& name : categorizers) {
-      options.inode.categorizer_mgr->add(
-          catreg.create(lgr, name, vm, iol.file));
+    try {
+      for (auto const& name : categorizers) {
+        options.inode.categorizer_mgr->add(
+            catreg.create(lgr, name, vm, iol.file));
+      }
+    } catch (std::exception const& e) {
+      LOG_ERROR << "could not create categorizer: " << e.what();
+      return 1;
     }
   }