Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [BUG] tla 1.2.2rc1 doesn't accept {arch}/=partner-versions file.

[Matthieu Moy]

Aaron Bentley <address@hidden> writes:

> I think you're forgetting that this is not an error message, it's a
> tree-lint report.  It categorizes all the problem files in the tree,
> and lists them by category.  The above would add 4 new categories:
>
> id-for-precious, id-for-backup, id-for-junk, id-for-unrecognized
>
> I really think four categories is excessive.

How about a id-not-for-source, that would be the union of the above?

Currently, the lint message says "These explicit ids have no
corresponding file:", which is actually false, because there is a
corresponding _file_, but not the corresponding file doesn't accept
explicit ID. The message could be "These explicit ids correspond to a
file that doesn't accept explicit id."

> It's far more robust to say: "The following explicit id files aren't
> used, so they don't belong in the tree.  Use delete-id to remove
> them." It's simple, it's true, and it requires no guesswork.

Rephrasing the message to something like that also seem to be a simple
and correct solution, yes.

-- 
Matthieu