On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:14:27 +0100, Gregor Zattler <telegraph at gmx.net> wrote: > Hi David, > * David Bremner <david at tethera.net> [26. Jan. 2014]: > > Gregor Zattler <telegraph at gmx.net> 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?
I have no idea what went on with such a decision, but, from the outside: 1) A dangling symlink should probably be handled in the same way as an unreadable file, but would need a separate test because it is a separate condition. 2) A dangling symlink should not be a normal condition anywhere, why do you have them? 3) I am even more amazed that there should be a dangling symlink in a Maildir tree. > > > 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. Eric -- ms fnd in a lbry