SUMMARY Commit 73da9a53cb added code to extractorcollection.cpp that skips files that are not libraries. However, this library is supposed to support executable files in the libexec/kf5/kfilemetadata/externalextractors subdirectories. The commit mentioned above skips all such files so no executable external extractor is ever recognised. Inverting the logic when checking for external extractors (line 114) enables the use of such executable files STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Create a folder under libexec/kf5/kfilemetadata/externalextractors (eg testextractor) and add a manifest.json and an executable shell script or python program. 2. Run QT_LOGGING_RULES="*.debug=true" ./bin/dump path/to/some/file 3. Look for the output of the extractor or for it to have been located in the debug output OBSERVED RESULT The external extractor is not found and not called. EXPECTED RESULT The external extractor is called as documented. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: not tested macOS: not tested Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE neon User Edition 5.21 (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.82.0 Qt Version: 5.15.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Probably broken since 5.76.0 but I've only tested 5.82.0
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kfilemetadata/-/merge_requests/29