Overpass API developpement

[Roland Olbricht <>]

Hi Daniel, hi Igor,

I'm pretty confident that there is a different way to solve the runaway 
problem.

As it turns out, fetch_osc_and_apply.sh employs update_database instead 
of update_from_dir. update_database does write error messages, but 
fetch_osc_and_apply.sh does discard these error messages.

I've ensured in a new release that
- update_database returns an error code on any kind of error
- fetch_osc_and_apply.sh does not suppress error messages any more

On closer inspection, fetch_osc_and_apply.sh has other issues, too. In 
particular, it processes every mintue diff individually, which makes 
catching-up with updates much (about five times) slower than catching-up 
with updates by batch processing.

A little bit of background: the script is the specific script for the 
French instance, and I added it to the main repo to avoid unnecessary 
fragmentation. I never checked it beyond a basic dry-run if it works, as 
I never expected that anybody else would use a script outside the 
standard installation instructions.

However, I agree, if a file is in my repositoy then you should can 
assume that it works.

Please download and try the fixed release v0.7.54.6:
https://dev.overpass-api.de/releases/osm-3s_v0.7.54.tar.gz

Best regards,

Roland