[Touch-packages] [Bug 1475417] Re: Cannot play symlinks

2016-03-03 Thread Michi Henning
I would have expected something or other to drop out with ELOOP? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mediascanner2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1475417 Title: Cannot play symlinks Status in Ubuntu

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1475417] Re: Cannot play symlinks

2016-03-03 Thread James Henstridge
We used to follow symlinks, but stopped doing so when we ran into problems when people used them to create cycles (e.g. "ln -s .. foo") that caused the scanner to go into a loop. Ignoring all symlinks avoided this problem but is a problem for your use case. It will index your media if you use a b

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1475417] Re: Cannot play symlinks

2015-11-16 Thread James Henstridge
** Project changed: mediascanner2 => mediascanner2 (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mediascanner2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1475417 Title: Cannot play symlinks Status in Ubuntu Musi