> By the way, after executing both make_etags and make_ctags, trying tag jump
> in my vim causes the following error even though there are correct tags files.
>
> E431: Format error in tags file "backend/access/heap/TAGS"
>
> Removing all TAGS files as below can resolve this error.
> $ find . -name TAGS | xargs rm
>
> So, should we have one more option of make_{ce}tags script to clean up
> existing tags/TAGS files?
Not sure. Before the commit make_ctags did not do such a thing but we
never heard any complain like yours. Also I believe vi/vim users never
invoke make_etags (same thing can be said to emacs users). So why
should we bother?
Best reagards,
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