I think I understood what happens. In the blacklist plugin of zeitgeist, everytime a URL is being logged, we need to check if it is a symlink. If it is a symlink, then try to resolve it. Now check if the resolved URI is blacklisted. If yes, drop the current event
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Zeitgeist Framework Team, which is subscribed to Zeitgeist Framework. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1064916 Title: Excluded directory shown in recent files when accessed Status in Zeitgeist Framework: Triaged Status in “zeitgeist” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: With the "Privacy" tool, I set /home/user/Private to be excluded. I browsed to the folder in Nautilus, then opened files inside the folder. FIles inside the folder are not logged, but the folder itself is. Thus "Private" shows up in my recent files, negating the point of excluding it. Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. user@office:~$ dpkg -l | grep zeitgeist ii libzeitgeist-1.0-1 0.3.18-1ubuntu1 library to access Zeitgeist - shared library ii python-zeitgeist 0.9.0-1ubuntu1 event logging framework - Python bindings ii rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist 2.96-0ubuntu4.2 zeitgeist plugin for rhythmbox music player ii zeitgeist 0.9.0-1ubuntu1 event logging framework ii zeitgeist-core 0.9.0-1ubuntu1 event logging framework - engine ii zeitgeist-datahub 0.8.2-1ubuntu2 event logging framework - passive logging daemon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/zeitgeist/+bug/1064916/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zeitgeist Post to : zeitgeist@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zeitgeist More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
