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diff --git a/pkt-line.c b/pkt-line.c
index c1e81f976..355546a1a 100644
--- a/pkt-line.c
+++ b/pkt-line.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Write a packetized stream, where each line is preceded by
  * its length (including the header) as a 4-byte hex number.
  * A length of 'zero' means end of stream (and a length of 1-3
- * would be an error). 
+ * would be an error).
  *
  * This is all pretty stupid, but we use this packetized line
  * format to make a streaming format possible without ever
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ void packet_write(int fd, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 static void safe_read(int fd, void *buffer, unsigned size)
 {
-	int n = 0;
+	size_t n = 0;
 
 	while (n < size) {
-		int ret = xread(fd, (char *) buffer + n, size - n);
+		ssize_t ret = xread(fd, (char *) buffer + n, size - n);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			die("read error (%s)", strerror(errno));
 		if (!ret)
-			die("unexpected EOF");
+			die("The remote end hung up unexpectedly");
 		n += ret;
 	}
 }