$ mkdir repo
$ cd repo
$ touch good
$ mkdir bad
$ chmod 000 bad
$ syrep -zp --update . # there is no message indicating the failure
$ echo $?
1
$ ls .syrep
md-cache
$

I'd like to see some error message for non-readable directories like
there is one for non-readable files.

Helmut

Hi,

I forwarded this bug to the upstream author.

Regards.

Dear submitter,

as the package syrep has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1143102

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.

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