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+#!perl -w
+# Copyright (C) all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+use v5.12; use PublicInbox::TestCommon;
+require_mods(qw(lei));
+my ($tmpdir, $for_destroy) = tmpdir;
+test_lei(sub {
+ ok(!lei('reindex'), 'reindex fails w/o store');
+ like $lei_err, qr/nothing indexed/, "`nothing indexed' noted";
+});
+
+done_testing;