tracker used all my disk space up

Bug #164412 reported by Robert Collins
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tracker (Ubuntu)
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Medium
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Bug Description

I suddenly ran out of disk space today.

I tracked it down to
~/.local/share/tracker/tracker.log

-rw------- 1 robertc robertc 12732453806 2007-08-20 13:46 tracker.log

Thats right. 12G of log.

Now, I've never done anything with tracker, I don't use it, didn't install it, haven't altered configuration settings. So this is a pretty huge time bomb waiting for users.

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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote :

The log contents seem to be mainly:
20 Aug 2007, 13:46:09:794 - ERROR: execution of prepared query GetServiceID failed due to database disk image is malformed with return code 1
20 Aug 2007, 13:46:09:830 - ERROR: execution of prepared query CreateService failed due to database disk image is malformed with return code 1
20 Aug 2007, 13:46:09:895 - ERROR: CreateService uri is /usr/share//applications/screensavers/sundancer2.desktop

Seems to be the pattern of most of the messages. If the database is corrupt, surely tracker should stop trying rather than spinning useless?

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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

Could you attach the log?

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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in tracker.

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Jamie McCracken (jamiemcc-blueyonder) wrote :

Already fixed in svn (log is limited to 10MB max)

Changed in tracker:
status: Incomplete → Fix Committed
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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote : Re: [Bug 164412] Re: tracker used all my disk space up

On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 22:55 +0000, Nanley Chery wrote:
> Could you attach the log?

Sorry no, for two reasons:
 1) I'm not going to upload a 12G file.
 2) I deleted because I needed that 12G space back.

-Rob
--
GPG key available at: <http://www.robertcollins.net/keys.txt>.

Daniel Hahler (blueyed)
Changed in tracker:
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu) wrote :

Sorry, this is not a duplicate of bug 159807

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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

C'mon, 12GB isn't that bad... =) a short snippet would've done..

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Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu) wrote :

tracker (0.6.4-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * Merge with Debian, remaining Ubuntu changes:
    - debian/control:
      + Addhere to DebianMaintainerField spec.
      + Do not build-depend on universe dependencies:
        libunac1-dev, libqdbm-dev.
      + tracker depends on o3read instead of recommend it, so we have
        OOo indexing by default.
    - debian/rules:
      + Enable sqlite external db instead of qdbm.
    - debian/patches/02_no_kde_autostart.patch:
      + Do not autostart trackerd in Kde, as they have strigi.
    - debian/patches/03_no_initial_index_in_battery.patch:
      + Do not run the initial index if running on battery.
        Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1075:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1075
    - debian/patches/04_fix_crash_index_name_is_null.patch:
      + Fix a crash when index name is null during merging.
        Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1076:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1076
    - debian/patches/05_typo_audio_track_peak_gain_tag.patch:
      + Fix a typo in a tag metadata. LP: #145359
        Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1077:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1077
    - debian/patches/06_trackerd_infinite_loop.patch:
      + Fix an infinite loop in trackerd if a second instance is
        launched. Patch taken from upstream SVN, revision 1079:
        http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/tracker?view=revision&revision=1079

  * Bugs fixed in the new release:
    - LP: #130935. Added a notification area tool displaying trackerd's
      status, and allowing to search from there.
    - LP: #138331: prevent hangs which stopped tracker quitting smoothly.
    - LP: #147756: Fixed memory leaks.
    - LP: #159807: Stop indexing if disk is full.
    - LP: #164148: Unsafe tempfile usage.
    - LP: #148520: Check for overlapping watch dirs
    - LP: #132463: Always show full path of files in tracker-search-tool.
    - LP: #133402: Do not repeat 'Preferences' in the preferences title.
    - LP: #164412: Limit log size to 10MB.
    - LP: #150814: Detect and prevent database corruption.
    - LP: #160262: Fix evolution email opening for the deskbar handlers.
    - LP: #150030: Show applications in search results.

 -- Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:16:26 +0100

Changed in tracker:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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