Public bug reported: It is possible to install tracker without the package tracker-miner-fs. But without this package tracker is completely helpless and even unable to produce a meaningful error message:
tracker-control -S will crash in this case, the gui tools won't tell that anything is wrong. Why this is bad: - If on a minimal system the "gnome" virtual package is installed tracker is automatically installed without a tracker. Notes: - A google and a package search didn't give a hint that any other tracker than tracker-miner-fs currently exists. We should be prepared for new miners to appear, though. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: tracker 0.16.1-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-3.7-generic 3.11.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-3-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Aug 24 09:00:22 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: tracker UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: tracker (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bitesize saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1216225 Title: tracker should depend on a miner To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/1216225/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs