byte-compile-file doesn't signal if there are errors during byte compilation. This can cause the database to get silently lost in db-hash/save. Probably you should bind byte-compile-debug to t while byte-compiling to make sure errors are reported as signals.
byte-compile-filedoesn't signal if there are errors during byte compilation. This can cause the database to get silently lost indb-hash/save. Probably you should bindbyte-compile-debugtotwhile byte-compiling to make sure errors are reported as signals.