Re: [Tracker] Tracker and FUSE filesystems

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

zer0halo wrote:
> This is re-post of what I wrote yesterday, just changing the subject 
> line to start a new thread with it, since it's now offtopic from the 
> original thread.
>
> On 1/8/07, * zer0halo* <zerohalo gmail com <mailto:zerohalo gmail com>> 
> wrote:
>
>
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>     On 1/8/07, *Michael Biebl* < mbiebl gmail com
>     <mailto:mbiebl gmail com>> wrote:
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>      
>
>         Definitely a FUSE/encfs related problem. I tested the edgy packages
>         extensively and they work fine.
>         Though, if I setup a encfs encrypted home, I get the exact same
>         symptoms. as zer0halo.
>
>
>     You're right, after further testing I found the problem is not the
>     edgy debs, but the source not playing nice with FUSE. See below:
>      
>
>         >  > Building tracker from source does work and tracker runs
>         normally, though
>
>         Are you sure about that? Compiling tracker from source should
>         give you
>         the same error.
>
>
>     Previously, I had made a couple of changes to the source based on a
>     previous post from Jamie in this thread. I had changed MAP_SHARED to
>     MAP_PRIVATE in xdgmimecache.c and depot.c. Then compiled tracker
>     from source, and it ran okay on my FUSE filesystem (well, there are
>     other problems, more on that below, but it didn't hang like the edgy
>     deb did.) So I changed those two files back to their original state
>     (MAP_SHARED), compiled from source again, and then when running
>     trackerd I have the same problem as with the edgy debs (segfaulting
>     when trying to "repair" index). So the deb is not the problem.
>
>     So I changed xdgmimecache.c and depot.c back to MAP_PRIVATE and
>     recompiled, and trackerd went through its paces normally. No errors
>     listed in the log (with --debug). Finishes indexing ("waiting for
>     file events ..."). However, tracker-search yields no results. Well,
>     let me clarify: It seems from various tests I've made that tracker
>     will yield results for those files it has indexed since trackerd was
>     last run. However if trackerd is closed (ie, computer is rebooted),
>     then on restarting trackerd will no longer show results from the
>     files indexed, even though tracker-stats shows all those files as
>     indexed, and on startup the logs show trackerd watching all the
>     right folders. In other words, everything appears fine - no errors -
>     but tracker-search yields 0 results.
>
>     Any way to make it work with FUSE?

I will need to install a fuse FS and play around with tracker with it. I 
cant see anything off the top of my head but will look into it over the 
weekend


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