Re: [Tracker] tracker-preferences and config file behavior in 0.12.x

[Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>]

On 31/10/11 18:09, Ken Schmedding wrote:
> Greetings,

Hi there,

> I have been testing 0.12.x and I admit I am confused about preference
> selection in Tracker.
> My testing reveal the following behavior.
>
> 1.  tracker-miner-fs.cfg is no longer created  in $home/.config/tracker
> although some documentation says it will be.

Which documentation? Most documentation is wiki based can be updated if 
it's wrong ;)

This highly depends on your Tracker version.

> 2.  If I copy my tracker-miner-fs.cfg in and restart tracker the
> directories I specified will be indexed.  tracker-miner-fs.cfg is then
> deleted by tracker.  However when I restart tracker, the default
> configuration is back.  It appears my tracker-miner-fs.cfg is a single
> use configuration and gets deleted.

What version exactly of Tracker are you using?

We migrate configurations from GKeyFile --> GSettings, but we don't 
delete configurations. Of course using tracker-preferences will change 
things.

> 3.  If I change directory to index in tracker-preferences and restart
> tracker my directory is indexed.  However I cannot find where this
> configuration is stored.  It apparently is not anywhere under $home or
> /usr/local.

The wiki has information about this here:

  http://live.gnome.org/Tracker/Documentation/Debugging

I just noticed that this link is out of date though, any updates you 
want to make there would be appreciated:

  http://live.gnome.org/Tracker/Documentation/GettingStarted

> 4.  tracker-control -c which is advertised as removing config files
> appears to have no effect.  The configuration in tracker-preferences is
> not reset to default.

It won't remove config files used in 0.10 if you're using 0.12. It will 
of course set the config to the defaults though. You can use 
dconf-editor to see the tracker config visually (under 
/org/freedesktop/tracker/).

There was a bug about this not working properly and it was fixed in 0.12.2:

  Fixes: GB#659806, tracker-control -c seems broken

> I use tracker via external control from a Python program.  This all
> worked quite nicely in the past but there appears to be no way I can
> control tracker configuration now except via the tracker-preferences
> GUI.  It also appears to me that tracker is migrating from .cfg files to
> GSettings but it seems only half implemented.  Anyone have any
> information on these observations?

Hopefully the above can help to some extent. If you need any more 
information, just ask.

--
Regards,
Martyn

Founder and CEO of Lanedo GmbH.