[Kde-pim] trying to understand akonadi

[Martin Koller]

On Thursday 17 October 2013 11:31:55 Daniel Vrátil wrote:

> > > One possible reason could be that the mbox resource is acting to quickly
> > > to
> > > the file change notification.
> > > I.e. maybe the resource starts parsing the new mail before it is ready.
> > 
> > this should not happen as both lock the file.
> > Also in this case, the mbox entry (the From ... header) shows a date/time of
> > 2013-10-16T17:40:18 but in akonadi I see 2013-10-16 17:40:23
> 
> Quick look into MBoxResource code shows, that the bug is indeed on our side.
> 
> When the mbox file changes, SingleFileResourceBase calls invalidateCache( 
> Collection::rootCollection() ), which leads to calling MBox::retriveItems(). 
> It tries to lock the MBox (calling MBox::lock()), but completely ignores it's 
> return value, whether the locking was successful or not and just continues 
> syncing. Proper fix would probably be to call delayTask() if locking fails, but 
> I'll have to test it, as I don't use MBox (maybe tomorrow, unless someone 
> beats me to it).

That sounds great! If you send me the patch, I'll compile it here and try it out.

> 
> >
> <snip>
> > 
> > can I somehow force kmail to re-read the mail ? (update folder does not
> > change anything). Sometimes I have seen that when selecting such a mail and
> > apply the filters (CTRL-J) the mail suddenly is moved correctly to the
> > target folder and there it is shown with all details.
> 
> In Akonadi Console in Browser tab right-click the folder and click "Clear 
> Akonadi Cache", then click "Synchronize folder". Restart AC and KMail to show 
> the changes.

Thanks for the hint

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Martin
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