Re: issue 201; missing certs are easily generated, but reported as a serious problem

Stephen Leake <[email protected]> writes:

> One fix is very simple; in database_check.cc, take missing_certs out of
> the 'serious' sum. Then 'db check' reports:
>
> mtn: revision 114f6aa58c7707bf83516d4080ca6268c36640ad missing branch cert
> mtn: warning: 1 missing certs
> mtn: check complete: 2 files; 2 rosters; 2 revisions; 1 keys; 7 certs; 3 heights; 1 branches
> mtn: total problems detected: 1 (0 serious)
> mtn: minor problems detected
>
>
> On the other hand, perhaps some certs are more important than others? We
> could count branch certs separately from author and date, and then just
> leave missing_branch_certs out of the 'serious' sum.

Another fix, as the problem report suggests, is to change the netsync
code to pull all certs for a revision; only use the branch filter to
decide which revision to pull.

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-- Stephe