[dolphin] [Bug 439438] Dolphin's search does not work (baloo enabled) when inside a linked folder

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439438

--- Comment #2 from tagwerk19 at innerjoin.org ---
(In reply to dagobertram from comment #0)
> 1. replace the Music folder in your home directory with a link named "Music"
> which links to a folder on another HDD
> 2. start search in Dolphin with CTRL+F and search for music in your home
> directory
> 3. search for music after following the link to your "Music" by clicking on
> it
Ah, ah....

I set up a second disc, added it to /etc/fstab and created a symlink from
~/Pictures to /mnt/disc2/Pictures. Sounds the same setup as yours...

Baloo does not follow symbolic links so it does not "naturally" pick up up
anything added to the second disc. I created a test file and it was not
indexed.

However I see that if I go to Dolphin, move down to the Pictures folder and
Ctrl-F for a search, I get the search dialog appropriate for a baloo search and
no matches (cf attachment). That's not right.

Dolphin double guesses what baloo is indexing but "real life" is more
complicated.

However, I find that if I add ~/Pictures to baloo's "include list", it seems to
work.
    folders[$e]=$HOME/,$HOME/Pictures/
Baloo seems to index the content and it presents the results "under"
~/Pictures.

Maybe this is based on "shifting sands" in that baloo relies on a one-to-one
match between its internal ID (the device number and inode) and the pathname -
and with symbolic links you are creating a potential one-to-many relationships.
Could be this leads to further weird, exotic and confusing behaviours 8-]

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