diff -Naur zipios++-0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28.orig/src/zipinputstreambuf.cpp zipios++-0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28/src/zipinputstreambuf.cpp
--- zipios++-0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28.orig/src/zipinputstreambuf.cpp	2007-01-28 18:08:47.000000000 -0600
+++ zipios++-0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28/src/zipinputstreambuf.cpp	2012-06-27 10:21:24.767156783 -0500
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@
 ZipInputStreambuf::ZipInputStreambuf( streambuf *inbuf, int s_pos, bool del_inbuf ) 
   : InflateInputStreambuf( inbuf, s_pos, del_inbuf ),
     _open_entry( false                   ) 
-{}
+{
+  ConstEntryPointer entry = getNextEntry() ;
+  
+  if ( ! entry->isValid() ) {
+    ; // FIXME: throw something?
+  }
+}
 
 void ZipInputStreambuf::closeEntry() {
   if ( ! _open_entry )
@@ -42,30 +48,28 @@
 
   // read the zip local header
   istream is( _inbuf ) ; // istream does not destroy the streambuf.
-  is.exceptions( ios::eofbit | ios::failbit | ios::badbit );
-
-  try {
-    is >> _curr_entry ;
-    if ( _curr_entry.isValid() ) {
-      _data_start = _inbuf->pubseekoff(0, ios::cur, ios::in);
-      if ( _curr_entry.getMethod() == DEFLATED ) {
-        _open_entry = true ;
-        reset() ; // reset inflatestream data structures 
-        // cerr << "deflated" << endl ;
-      } else if ( _curr_entry.getMethod() == STORED ) {
-        _open_entry = true ;
-        _remain = _curr_entry.getSize() ;
-        // Force underflow on first read:
-        setg( &( _outvec[ 0 ] ),
-              &( _outvec[ 0 ] ) + _outvecsize,
-              &( _outvec[ 0 ] ) + _outvecsize );
-        // cerr << "stored" << endl ;
-      } else {
-        _open_entry = false ; // Unsupported compression format.
-        throw FCollException( "Unsupported compression format" ) ;
-      }
+  is.exceptions(istream::eofbit | istream::failbit | istream::badbit);
+  is >> _curr_entry ;
+  if ( _curr_entry.isValid() ) {
+    _data_start = _inbuf->pubseekoff(0, ios::cur, 
+				     ios::in);
+    if ( _curr_entry.getMethod() == DEFLATED ) {
+      _open_entry = true ;
+      reset() ; // reset inflatestream data structures 
+//        cerr << "deflated" << endl ;
+    } else if ( _curr_entry.getMethod() == STORED ) {
+      _open_entry = true ;
+      _remain = _curr_entry.getSize() ;
+      // Force underflow on first read:
+      setg( &( _outvec[ 0 ] ),
+	    &( _outvec[ 0 ] ) + _outvecsize,
+	    &( _outvec[ 0 ] ) + _outvecsize ) ;
+//        cerr << "stored" << endl ;
+    } else {
+      _open_entry = false ; // Unsupported compression format.
+      throw FCollException( "Unsupported compression format" ) ;
     }
-  } catch (...) {
+  } else {
     _open_entry = false ;
   }
 
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@
 
 /*
   Zipios++ - a small C++ library that provides easy access to .zip files.
-  Copyright (C) 2000  Thomas Søndergaard
+  Copyright (C) 2000  Thomas Søndergaard
   
   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public