Bug#507116: vim: :cstag claims format error in TAGS file but :tag works

[Török Edwin]

On 2008-11-30 20:57, James Vega wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 4:32 AM, Török Edwin <edwintorok at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> I am attaching the compressed TAGS file.
>>     
>
> How did you generate this tags file?
>   

Using 'make ctags' (which invokes an automake rule):

$ svn co http://svn.clamav.net/svn/clamav-devel/trunk clamav
$ cd clamav; ./configure --disable-clamav
$ make ctags

There is also 'make tags', which generates a file with similar error.

>   
>> Note that I have no cscope.out file, I was expecting cstag to work
>> the same as :tag in the absence of cscope.out file.
>>     
>
> It works the same for me when I use exuberant-ctags to generate a tags file.
>   

The makefile appears to use exuberant-ctags to generate it.

> The tags file you've attached uses a different format, which may not be as
> well supported.  In fact, it doesn't seem to follow the documented format at
> ":help tags-file-format".

Are the automake rules wrong?

Best regards,
--Edwin