From: Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net>
To: Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: [Patch v2 0/3] Add test and fix exclude bug
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:02:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87limzepe6.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1331728014-32698-1-git-send-email-markwalters1009@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:26:51 +0000, Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com> wrote:
> The test in the previous patches
> id:"1331551914-28323-1-git-send-email-markwalters1009@gmail.com"
> triggered the bug accidentally. It accidentally set the exclude tags
> to be "=" and "deleted" rather than just "deleted". The non-existent
> "=" tag (i.e., the tag that does not occur anywhere in the Xapian
> database) triggered the bug. First we correct the tests to just set
> the "deleted" tag, then we add some tests including one with a
> deliberately non-existent tag. Finally, we modify the exclusion code
> to avoid the bug.
>
> The modification also appears to fix a similar problem for jrollins
> that I have not yet been able to reproduce.
>
> Since the code is now more clearly correct, cleaner and we do
> definitely avoid a Xapian bug I think these patches can be committed
> even without knowing why it fixed jrollins' bug.
>
> Finally these apply to current master (not to the --with-excluded series).
tested, and it works for me, so LGTM.
jamie.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-17 6:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-14 12:26 [Patch v2 0/3] Add test and fix exclude bug Mark Walters
2012-03-14 12:26 ` [Patch v2 1/3] test: the test for the exclude code mistakenly excludes the tag "=" Mark Walters
2012-03-14 12:26 ` [Patch v2 2/3] test: add tests for message only search Mark Walters
2012-03-14 12:26 ` [Patch v2 3/3] lib: fix an exclude bug Mark Walters
2012-03-16 3:33 ` [Patch v2 0/3] Add test and fix " Austin Clements
2012-03-17 6:02 ` Jameson Graef Rollins [this message]
2012-03-18 12:43 ` David Bremner
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