Nepomuk indexer probably does not normalize paths wrt. directory symlinks before checking the paths against the configured set of directories to index (and possibly against directories already indexed -> infinite recursion potential -> severity major). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a symlink to / in your home directory 2. Enable indexing on the symlink Actual Results: Didn't conduct thorough testing, but probably whole system is indexed. At the very least, it appears that files are indexed again, growing the index unnecessarily. What is certain is that when I hover over the nepomuk icon in the systray, the tooltip shows nepomuk grinding on paths that go through the symlink and end in places like /home/user/symlink/tmp. Wine creates a symlink to / under ~/.wine. NOTE WELL about KDE version: it is actually 4.9.1, not 4.9. As usual, the version list lags behind releases.