[Bug 640786] New: tracker indexes the whole filesystem when not told too
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640786 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640786#c0 Summary: tracker indexes the whole filesystem when not told too Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: GNOME AssignedTo: bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: jdelvare@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: L3 Blocker: --- I have the following locations set for indexing by tracker: Recursively Indexed * /home/$login/Bureau * /home/$login/Documents Non-Recursively Indexed (empty list) Still, lsof reveals that tracker is indexing the whole filesystem. It's running for a couple hours already and says it's only 36% done. How do I keep tracker from indexing the whole filesystem, short of uninstalling it altogether? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #4 from Vincent Untz
To make things even worse, tracker is apparently re-indexing what it calls "Applications" (which I can't seem to be allowed to disable) every time I log in. The time it takes to complete ranges from several minutes to a few hours, which seems excessive considering that /usr/share/applications is only 1.3 MB, and presumably doesn't change often.
What can I do to prevent this misbehavior?
Could be http://git.gnome.org/browse/tracker/commit/?h=tracker-0.8&id=0a0289555939b12809b262d86cc6c3ab043f6b0d. If you have some time for tests, I can build some packages. One with the patch above, and one with the latest 0.8.x version. Want me to do that? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #7 from Vincent Untz
BTW, is there a way to "see" the contents of tracker-store.journal and ~/.cache/tracker/*.db?
Hrm, not sure. You can certainly do some search to guess what's in there, though. There'll be a tracker in home:vuntz:11.3-testing on the build service soonish. It's an update to the latest upstream version from the same branch (0.8.17). It'd be interesting to see if it helps with your issue. If it does, then at least, I can take a closer look and bissect all this, I guess. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Hrm, not sure. You can certainly do some search to guess what's in there, though.
I ended up doing exactly this. The results are that my whole filesystem is NOT indexed, contrary to my initial claim. I may have been fooled by the fact that lsof lists dynamically-linked libraries, not only files being read by the application. Sorry about that. However, I found that my whole home is being indexed, instead of just ~/Documents as I asked. This includes various copies of the Linux kernel source tree, and all my mails - no wonder the cache is pretty large. So there is still a bug, just not exactly the one I initially suspected. I've updated the summary line to reflect this. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #17 from Vincent Untz
So the actual bug would be that removed entries in the configuration are _not_ dropped from the database as they should. Vincent, can you please try reproducing this?
I just tried on Factory, and it works fine there. Will try on 11.3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #26 from Vincent Untz
the question is also how it started the full index first?
There was no full index; it was just indexing Jean's $HOME, which is big. And when Jean changed the configuration to index only a subset of $HOME, the database didn't get updated. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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The SWAMPID for this issue is 36517. This issue was rated as low. Please submit fixed packages until 2010-11-12.
Gah, I'm sorry, I completely forgot to submit the fix while I was traveling :/ I submitted it now (sr#54146).
Also create a patchinfo file using this link: https://swamp.suse.de/webswamp/wf/36517
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--- Comment #31 from Vincent Untz
Strange "trakcer" behaviour appeared on my workstation as well. I am running openSUSE 11.3 with all current updates and have a KDE-only system. Today I found out that a tracker process is running here and dumps its waste into ~/.local/share/tracker/data/ . Currently I have a 3.8 GB tracker-store.journal file. This is way over 60% of my entire home - and I regard this as a severe bug.
1. Why does tracker create such big waste files in the users home?
Well, it's hard to tell since I have no idea what's in the file... This bug can potentially help, yes.
2. Why does tracker get started in the first place and how? I did not start it?
Because it's autostarted on login.
3. How to disable it? Yes, I can "rpm -e" it but this will not solve the issue - just mine.
Disable tracker? Just remove it from the applications started on login. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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1. Why does tracker create such big waste files in the users home?
Well, it's hard to tell since I have no idea what's in the file...
I did not read it completely due to time limitations :) But a 'tail' on that file showed some IRC logs. A 'tail -n1000' also showed binary data, so it must be different stuff that got logged there. Btw. I deleted the file.
2. Why does tracker get started in the first place and how? I did not start it?
Because it's autostarted on login.
I was not informed about that (note: I use my home since SuSE Linux 8.2).
3. How to disable it? Yes, I can "rpm -e" it but this will not solve the issue - just mine.
Disable tracker? Just remove it from the applications started on login.
Where do I do this in KDE? I could not find any place to configure that or remove it. This bug now turns into a usability issue as well, as a normal user most likely is unable to determine what application is messing around in his $HOME and does not find any hint about how to disable the unknown thing. Thank you for addressing this. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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2. Why does tracker get started in the first place and how? I did not start it?
Because it's autostarted on login.
I was not informed about that (note: I use my home since SuSE Linux 8.2).
Maybe because it wasn't installed before?
3. How to disable it? Yes, I can "rpm -e" it but this will not solve the issue - just mine.
Disable tracker? Just remove it from the applications started on login.
Where do I do this in KDE?
I have no idea, I don't use KDE. But I'm pretty sure KDE has a UI for that. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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