[LUCENE-9416] Fix CheckIndex to print norms as unsigned integers

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 9.0, 8.7
• Component/s: core/index
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mohammad Sadiq
• Created: 24/Jun/20 15:14
• Updated: 24/Nov/24 04:22
• Resolved: 29/Jul/20 14:06

Description

In the discussion on "CheckIndex complaining about -1 for norms value" in the java-user list, it was identified that we should "fix CheckIndex to print norms as unsigned integers".

I'd like to take a stab at this.

I'm trying to understand the problem and from what I gather, while norms are `byte`s, the API exposes them as `long` values. While printing the error message, we want it to print a zero instead of -1?