more fixes to keep panics from happeningv0.0.29

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/load.go b/load.go
index e1e95d6..62b9017 100644
--- a/load.go
+++ b/load.go
@@ -173,8 +173,12 @@ func LoadPB(pb proto.Message) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// this code needs work
 	newver, pbver, err := LoadVersionCheckPB(pb)
-	if newver != pbver {
+	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		return err
+	}
+	if errors.Is(err, VersionMismatch) || (newver != pbver) {
 		fmt.Println("")
 		fmt.Printf("VERSION new '%s' != cur PB '%s'\n", newver, pbver)
 		fmt.Println("")
@@ -188,7 +192,11 @@ func LoadPB(pb proto.Message) error {
 		s := fmt.Sprintf("protobuf version wrong. delete or fix %s", fullname)
 		panic(s)
 	}
-	return err
+	if err != nil {
+		// return to let the application figure this out
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func LoadFromFilename(pb proto.Message, fullname string) error {