From ef2f3e669b72dc60e333f5238d8ea3446003fd02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:43:12 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Bug: notmuch new chokes on dangling symlinks and quits --- f8/dc67984a90a64dd00f41c32c60543aff1e9a61 | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+) create mode 100644 f8/dc67984a90a64dd00f41c32c60543aff1e9a61 diff --git a/f8/dc67984a90a64dd00f41c32c60543aff1e9a61 b/f8/dc67984a90a64dd00f41c32c60543aff1e9a61 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1b31913f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/f8/dc67984a90a64dd00f41c32c60543aff1e9a61 @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 843B7431FBD + for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 08:43:28 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] + autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id Qk1bTe3sAaeV for ; + Sun, 26 Jan 2014 08:43:22 -0800 (PST) +Received: from yantan.tethera.net (yantan.tethera.net [199.188.72.155]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58D6A431FBC + for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 08:43:22 -0800 (PST) +Received: from remotemail by yantan.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.80) + (envelope-from ) + id 1W7Snk-0001HI-CU; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 12:43:16 -0400 +Received: (nullmailer pid 1957 invoked by uid 1000); Sun, 26 Jan 2014 + 16:43:12 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: Gregor Zattler , notmuch +Subject: Re: Bug: notmuch new chokes on dangling symlinks and quits +In-Reply-To: <20140126131846.GA10844@boo.workgroup> +References: <20140126131846.GA10844@boo.workgroup> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.17+49~gaa57e9d (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 12:43:12 -0400 +Message-ID: <878uu2n17j.fsf@zancas.localnet> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:43:28 -0000 + +Gregor Zattler writes: + +> +> I consider this to be a bug. Instead notmuch should simply +> ignore the symlink. +> + +Since there is a test for specifically this behaviour, I'd have to say +it's a design decision you don't agree with, not a bug ;). + +In any case, if there is just a few broken symlinks, and you want to +ignore them, you can add them the ignore= line in .notmuch-config + +d -- 2.26.2