diff --git a/hlibgit2.cabal b/hlibgit2.cabal
--- a/hlibgit2.cabal
+++ b/hlibgit2.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                hlibgit2
-Version:             0.18.0.7
+Version:             0.18.0.9
 Synopsis:            Low-level bindings to libgit2
 Description:         Bindings to libgit2 v0.18.0.
 License-file:        LICENSE
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@
     libgit2/src
     libgit2/deps/http-parser
 
-  cc-options: -g         -DGIT_THREADS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DGIT_SSL
-  ld-options: -g
+  cc-options: -DGIT_THREADS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DGIT_SSL
   if os(windows)
     cpp-options: -DWINDOWS
     cc-options: -DGIT_WIN32 -DWIN32 -DWIN32_SHA1 -D_DEBUG -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -DGIT_WINHTTP
diff --git a/libgit2/src/pack.c b/libgit2/src/pack.c
--- a/libgit2/src/pack.c
+++ b/libgit2/src/pack.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	/* If we created the struct before we had the pack we lack size. */
-	if (!p->mwf.size) {
+	if (1 || !p->mwf.size) {
 		if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
 			goto cleanup;
 		p->mwf.size = (git_off_t)st.st_size;
@@ -909,10 +909,10 @@
 		p->pack_keep = 1;
 
 	strcpy(p->pack_name + path_len, ".pack");
-	if (p_stat(p->pack_name, &st) < 0 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
-		git__free(p);
-		return git_odb__error_notfound("packfile not found", NULL);
-	}
+	/* if (p_stat(p->pack_name, &st) < 0 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) { */
+	/* 	git__free(p); */
+	/* 	return git_odb__error_notfound("packfile not found", NULL); */
+	/* } */
 
 	/* ok, it looks sane as far as we can check without
 	 * actually mapping the pack file.