From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17628431FBC for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:20:31 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.001 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.001 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001] 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 H8r4j7IlAtoj for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:20:23 -0800 (PST) X-Greylist: delayed 302 seconds by postgrey-1.32 at olra; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:20:17 PST Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 849F3431FBF for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:20:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from boo.workgroup ([87.187.157.204]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx003) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Mdr7l-1VvHXo1cqr-00PhO4 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:15:13 +0100 Received: from grfz by boo.workgroup with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1W7amv-0007U9-Bu; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:14:57 +0100 Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:14:27 +0100 From: Gregor Zattler To: notmuch Subject: Re: Bug: notmuch new chokes on dangling symlinks and quits Message-ID: <20140127011427.GD10844@boo.workgroup> Mail-Followup-To: notmuch References: <20140126131846.GA10844@boo.workgroup> <878uu2n17j.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <878uu2n17j.fsf@zancas.localnet> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: error4me@gmx.de X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:7lmocWghftCCBB3wKXYcYQR/TgYJC7sSn7oOrKWnluowYG40S/U HS/D+voTKezZWOghgEdwD679jpKM1w3HKixcYakyV7DwroN5wOPHrVC+Yu/SDsGamg3gcBg kbqss+faO5sRiMFFMYmQ9BaiB58BPrkzwPSoH8fRVGZQ20Tc1sHeXTvjLbYs7HntjeTlqdO 2OAPKPw9K0gqX5nmhb4vg== 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: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 01:20:31 -0000 Hi David, * David Bremner [26. Jan. 2014]: > 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 ;). May I ask why this is so? > 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 Thanks, I deleted some, and ignored others. Insofar my problem is solved. Ciao, Gregor -- -... --- .-. . -.. ..--.. ...-.-