Merge main into the branch: the assignment's placement sits beside the mesh's own place (issue 174)

internal/catalogue/settings.go

@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ func UnusedSettings(m Manifest, layers []Layer) []string {
 			if key == EndpointsSetting && len(m.Listens) > 0 {
 				continue
 			}
+			// `places` puts a declared directory where this machine keeps it, `accesses` says where
+			// the operator's data is (novox/hq issue 153). Validated in Places and AccessPlaces.
+			if key == PlacesSetting && len(directoriesOf(m)) > 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+			if key == AccessesSetting && len(m.Accesses) > 0 {
+				continue
+			}
 			unused = append(unused, fmt.Sprintf(
 				"%s sets %q, and %s has no file that merges it, asks for no ${setting:%s}, and "+
 					"declares no %q in what it contributes or serves",