Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] notmuch-new: Fix notmuch new to look at files within symbolic links

Subject: Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] notmuch-new: Fix notmuch new to look at files within symbolic links

Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:29:56 -0800

To: Aneesh Kumar K.V, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc:

From: Carl Worth


On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:28:24 +0530, "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> We look at the modified time of the database and the directory
> to decide whether we need to look at only the subdirectories.
> ie, if directory modified time is < database modified time
> then we have already looking at all the files withing the
> directory. So we just need to iterate through the subdirectories
> 
> But with symlinks we need to make sure we follow them even if
> the directory modified time is less than database modified time

Thanks, Aneesh!

I'm sure everyone with symlinks in their mail store is really going to
appreciate this fix. This is now pushed out.

-Carl

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