[bug#51985] lint: Adjust patch file length check.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org> skribis:

> With:
>
>   commit bdf5c16ac052af2ca9d5c3acc4acbc08fd9fdbea
>   Author: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
>   Date:   Tue Nov 23 09:06:49 2021 +0100
>
>     maint: "make dist" builds tarballs in 'ustar' format.
>
> It seems like this actually needs even further updates, as that should
> allow for a much longer file length in general (although a little
> difficult to figure out the exact file length allowed).
>
> And then the corresponding test suite will need changes as well...

I think independently of the switch to ustar, it’s a good idea for ‘guix
lint’ to warn about long patch file names, but to warn a bit less
frequently than today.

In that spirit, your patch is still relevant and worth applying IMO.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.