Re: gnats/275: index file not generated automatically

[Milan Zamazal]

The following reply was made to PR gnats/275; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Milan Zamazal <address@hidden>
To: Yngve Svendsen <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
Subject: Re: gnats/275: index file not generated automatically
Date: 27 Oct 2001 21:22:27 +0200

 >>>>> "YS" == Yngve Svendsen <address@hidden> writes:
 
     YS> I think that a good solution would be to make gnatsd say "No PRs
     YS> matched" (as it does for a normal query when there _are_ PRs in
     YS> the database) when the index file exists but is empty. That way,
     YS> we could simply have mkdb create a blank index file when run.
 
 I don't think this is a good idea.  An empty index is an index file with
 a header and no PRs.  It could be created by gen-index, there is no need
 to create the blank-file-with-a-special-meaning.
 
 IMHO it would be a little dangerous to let gen-index generate an empty
 index when no PR is found.  When there is no PR, it can signal a more
 serious problem than a newly created database.
 
 Maybe a good solution might be to add the --force or --empty option to
 gen-index?  What do you think?
 
 Regards,
 
 Milan Zamazal
 
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 And why?