Re: [Tracker] REVIEW: 'configurable-bus-type' branch

[Ralph Böhme <rb netafp com>]

Hi Martyn,

this is awesome! I will test over the next couple of days.

Thanks!
-Ralph

Am 14.03.2014 um 12:07 schrieb Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>:

> Hello all,
>
> So, there have been various requests¹ for Tracker to be able to run on DBus's session OR system bus and to 
> make that switch configurable. I recently saw a patch for this from someone and thought I would put the 
> effort in to fully test and make sure this works in a more general sense for everyone.
>
> ¹ https://mail.gnome.org/archives/tracker-list/2014-January/msg00001.html
>
> I have created a branch here:
>
>  https://git.gnome.org/browse/tracker/log/?h=configurable-bus-type
>
> I've done some testing and it seems to work. As expected, the system bus has some security requirements, so 
> you can't simply run your Tracker binaries with the environment variable:
>
>  export TRACKER_BUS_TYPE=system
>
> You also have to have a DBus policy file. I've attached the file I created to test this. Here is how you 
> make use of it:
>
> 1. Copy the file into place:
>
>   $ sudo cp ./org.freedesktop.Tracker1.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/
>
> 2. Find the existing DBus process with:
>
>   $ pgrep -xl dbus-daemon
>   608 dbus-daemon
>   2321 dbus-daemon
>   ...
>
> 3. Tell DBus to re-read it's new configuration:
>
>   $ sudo pkill -HUP dbus-daemon
>
> 4. Set the environment and run Tracker processes...
>
>   $ export TRACKER_BUS_TYPE="system"
>   $ /path/to/tracker-store -v 3
>
> To check this has worked, you can look at the information at the top of the log output, it should say 
> something like:
>
>   Tracker-DEBUG: tracker-backend.vala:173: Using bus = 'SYSTEM'
>
> Or, use d-feet to see it show up on the system bus.
>
> I should add, if TRACKER_BUS_TYPE is set to complete crap or not set at all, we always default to the 
> SESSION bus.
>
> I plan to merge this to master before the stable releases.
> Let me know if there are any comments! :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Martyn
>
> Founder & Director @ Lanedo GmbH.
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/martynrussell
> <org.freedesktop.Tracker1.conf>

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