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34 From: Eric <eric@deptj.eu>
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35 Subject: Re: Bug: notmuch new chokes on dangling symlinks and quits
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71 On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:14:27 +0100, Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> wrote:
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73 > * David Bremner <david@tethera.net> [26. Jan. 2014]:
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74 > > Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> writes:
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75 > >> I consider this to be a bug. Instead notmuch should simply
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76 > >> ignore the symlink.
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79 > > Since there is a test for specifically this behaviour, I'd have to say
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80 > > it's a design decision you don't agree with, not a bug ;).
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82 > May I ask why this is so?
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84 I have no idea what went on with such a decision, but, from the outside:
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86 1) A dangling symlink should probably be handled in the same way as
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87 an unreadable file, but would need a separate test because it is
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88 a separate condition.
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90 2) A dangling symlink should not be a normal condition anywhere, why do
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93 3) I am even more amazed that there should be a dangling symlink in a
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96 > > In any case, if there is just a few broken symlinks, and you want to
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97 > > ignore them, you can add them the ignore= line in .notmuch-config
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99 > Thanks, I deleted some, and ignored others. Insofar my problem is
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