Comment 9 for bug 157523

Here is a more extensive test with a log.

First, I disabled trackerd in gnome-session. I wiped the cache, and started trackerd from the command line. I waited until it got an idle status. I logged in and out many times, repeating this procedure. It would always return to Idle status after a minute or so.

Next, I enable tracker in gnome-session with -v 3. I log out and log back in. It immediately starts indexing and keeps on going. After about 20 minutes I kill it.

I managed to get a log of this gnome-session started tracker doing the infinite indexing thing.

The file is attached. It is 535853 lines long. The transfer to the infinite repetition occurs at line 14841. In this particular run it is no longer the Desktop folder, but a set of 3 other folders that are being continually logged. File names have been changed to xxxxxxxxxxxxxx for privacy.

Conclusions:
1) It is confirmed that running trackerd from the command line does not yield this behavior.
2) It is always folders that are triggering this bug, but not always the same folder.