Bug 443096

Summary:	Music is not detected when music folder is symlinked
Product:	[Applications] Elisa	Reporter:	Ignacio Serantes <kde>
Component:	baloo	Assignee:	Matthieu Gallien <matthieu_gallien>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	major	CC:	christoph, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	21.08.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468987
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	24.02.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Ignacio Serantes 2021-09-28 22:30:12 UTC

SUMMARY

Using fast native indexer when your music folder is symlinked no music at all is detected by Elisa.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Symlink your music folder.
2. Start Elisa.

OBSERVED RESULT
No music at all.

EXPECTED RESULT
Music must be detected exactly like "scan the filesystem directly" do.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.86.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Maybe related to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435383

Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2023-11-17 15:32:53 UTC

Fixed by removing the 'fast' indexer. https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/elisa/-/merge_requests/521