Subject: Re: bug#51985: lint: Adjust patch file length check.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:08:42 +0100

Hi,

Vagrant Cascadian <[email-masked]> skribis:

> With:
>
>   commit bdf5c16ac052af2ca9d5c3acc4acbc08fd9fdbea
>   Author: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
>   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’.