Bug 311709

Summary: nepomukindexer does not respect user supplied file pattern exclude list
Product: [Unmaintained] nepomuk Reporter: Luca Beltrame <lbeltrame>
Component: fileindexerAssignee: Nepomuk Bugs Coordination <nepomuk-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: normal CC: gabriel.poesia
Priority: NOR    
Version: git master   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
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Description Luca Beltrame 2012-12-14 21:10:52 UTC 
I have several files of tens of Gb in size. These are technically text files, so the Nepomuk indexer would try to index them, causing issues with memory (and eventually getting killed by the OOM killer). 

However, adding an exclude pattern to them (they end in .fastq, so *.fastq was used) did not have the desired effect: the indexer kept on being run on them (despite logouts and logins and restarts of the service). The only way to prevent that was to remove the paths  in the indexing KCM.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add a custom pattern to ignore files
2. Activate the indexing service

Actual Results:  
Despite the pattern match, files are indexed.

Expected Results:  
Files matching should not be indexed.

Git master from today (14th Dec 2012).
Comment 1 Gabriel Poesia 2013-01-02 00:18:10 UTC 
This seems to work with the current master. There were some recent changes that may be related to this problem.
Can you please test it again?
Comment 2 Vishesh Handa 2015-01-23 16:21:30 UTC 
Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report.

The Nepomuk project is no longer included in the KDE Software Compilation. With Plasma 5, we have replaced most of the underlying technology with Baloo and other components. Hopefully this will have addressed your concern.

We encourage you to try out Plasma 5 (+Baloo) and let us know if your problem persists.