commit 4aa03cb84009aebb6acb5b2ca98056f26579c686
Author: Daniel Swanson <popcorn.tomato.dude@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Aug 21 16:39:13 2021 -0400

    continuing to maintain odd (buggy?) behavior

diff --git a/lttoolbox/old_binary.cc b/lttoolbox/old_binary.cc
index a2d5e55..b33a436 100644
--- a/lttoolbox/old_binary.cc
+++ b/lttoolbox/old_binary.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ uint64_t read_byte(FILE* in)
 {
   unsigned char ret = 0;
   if (fread_unlocked(&ret, 1, 1, in) != 1) {
-    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to read byte");
+    // for some reason things break if this is an error
+    //throw std::runtime_error("Failed to read byte");
   }
   return ret;
 }