Re: [notmuch] Notmuch doesn't index new mails when mail location contains symlinks

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+Subject: Re: [notmuch] Notmuch doesn't index new mails when mail location\r
+ contains symlinks\r
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+On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:34:12 -0800, Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> wrote:\r
+> I'm a little confused here. Notmuch only uses stat, so it should be\r
+> looking at the target's mtime already. It actually takes special effort\r
+> (via lstat) to get at the mtime of the link itself.\r
+> \r
+> So why aren't things just working?\r
+\r
+Because mtime doesn't change on the directory *above* the symlinks.\r
+\r
+I think.\r
+\r
+Jed\r