Re: Bug: notmuch new chokes on dangling symlinks and quits

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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net>, notmuch <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>\r
+Subject: Re: Bug: notmuch new chokes on dangling symlinks and quits\r
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+References: <20140126131846.GA10844@boo.workgroup>\r
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+Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> writes:\r
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+> I consider this to be a bug.  Instead notmuch should simply\r
+> ignore the symlink.\r
+>\r
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+Since there is a test for specifically this behaviour, I'd have to say\r
+it's a design decision you don't agree with, not a bug ;).\r
+\r
+In any case, if there is just a few broken symlinks, and you want to\r
+ignore them, you can add them the ignore= line in .notmuch-config\r
+\r
+d\r