From 18cca66e58edb20d4d5708eb95176137a8f32cf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:23:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: hold the empty sweep to the no-pack rule

The older test read an --all check of an empty directory as a pass; it checked nothing, which the verify-packs rule now refuses.
---
 tests/test_audit_regressions.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
index 46239c32..f813c88b 100644
--- a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
@@ -2458,13 +2458,15 @@ class ACheckThatCannotAnswerDoesNotPass(unittest.TestCase):
                 "a named platform with no pack reported success:\n"
                 + named.stdout + named.stderr,
             )
-            # --all is a sweep: a platform nobody built is out of scope.
+            # --all is a sweep: a platform nobody built is out of scope and
+            # skipped, but a sweep that found no pack at all checked nothing.
             swept = subprocess.run(
                 [sys.executable, "scripts/generate_pack.py", "--all",
                  "--verify-packs", "--output-dir", directory],
                 capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=str(ROOT), timeout=300,
             )
-            self.assertEqual(swept.returncode, 0, swept.stdout + swept.stderr)
+            self.assertIn("SKIP (no pack in", swept.stdout)
+            self.assertNotEqual(swept.returncode, 0, swept.stdout + swept.stderr)
 
     def test_an_unsatisfiable_declared_path_is_reported(self):
         from scripts.restore_large_files import restore