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base64Decode: clearer error message when an invalid character is dete…
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Output the offending string in its entirety to provide context.

Closes #8479

(cherry picked from commit dc3ccf0)
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brianmcgee authored and mergify[bot] committed Sep 17, 2024
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions src/libutil/util.cc
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Expand Up @@ -1640,8 +1640,9 @@ std::string base64Decode(std::string_view s)
if (c == '\n') continue;

char digit = base64DecodeChars[(unsigned char) c];
if (digit == npos)
throw Error("invalid character in Base64 string: '%c'", c);
if (digit == npos) {
throw Error("invalid character in Base64 string: '%c' in '%s'", c, s.data());
}

bits += 6;
d = d << 6 | digit;
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