From aaadf0fad545bc9d2784cff265b90827799d1f22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:53:54 +0000
Subject: lei_xsearch: sensible errors for missing/broken externals

I've been creating and destroying lots of externals, lately...
---
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm')

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
index 9f7f3885..556ffd58 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
@@ -572,8 +572,11 @@ sub prepare_external {
 		die "`\\n' not allowed in `$loc'\n" if index($loc, "\n") >= 0;
 		require PublicInbox::Inbox; # v2, v1
 		$loc = bless { inboxdir => $loc }, 'PublicInbox::Inbox';
+	} elsif (!-e $loc) {
+		warn "W: $loc gone, perhaps run: lei forget-external $loc\n";
+		return;
 	} else {
-		warn "W: ignoring $loc, unable to determine type\n";
+		warn "W: $loc ignored, unable to determine external type\n";
 		return;
 	}
 	push @{$self->{locals}}, $loc;
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