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<p><i>Bugs that are listed in an older version section are
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<p><i>Bugs that are listed in an older version section are
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supposedly fixed in later versions. Bugs listed in the
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supposedly fixed in later versions. Bugs listed in the
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topmost section may also exist in older versions.</i></p>
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topmost section may also exist in older versions.</i></p>
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<h2><a name="b_latest">recoll 1.16.1</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="b_latest">recoll 1.16.2</a></h2>
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<li>Real time indexer: when running with gamin on FreeBSD, the
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indexer can deadlock in the gamin dialog in some
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cases.</li>
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<li>Real time indexer: file move events are not detected when
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running with inotify (at least for recent
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versions). Workaround: restart indexer from time to time.</li>
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<li>Real time indexer: directory moves are not handled at
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all. Workaround: restart indexer from time to time.</li>
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<li>Cancelling a preview in the GUI will also cancel the indexing
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thread if it is running.</li>
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<li>After an upgrade, the recoll GUI sometimes crashes on
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startup. This is fixed by removing (back it up just in case)
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~/.config/Recoll.org/recoll.conf, the QSettings storage for
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recoll.</li>
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<li>Under Solaris, it is necessary to perform the initial
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indexing with the recollindex program. For some unknown reason,
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the recoll index thread does not work for creating the database.
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The only idea I have is a problem with exception handling (recoll
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catches an exception while trying the yet inexistant db).</li>
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<h2><a name="b_1_16_1">recoll 1.16.1</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>At least on OpenSUSE 12.1 / Qt 4.7.4 (and probably other
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environments), the links to Preview or Open inside the
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result list do not work. Also the GUI can crash if a
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temporary directory creation fails.</li>
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<li>The Python filters can crash under certain error
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conditions. This is a benign error, affecting just
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the current document, but it causes system reports.</li>
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<li>The query is run 2 times, in most cases. This does not
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cause a too dramatic performance impact because of caching but
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still...</li>
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<li>The output from some filters (most typically text files
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out from the zip filters) is sometimes not transcoded
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correctly to UTF-8, causing myriads of error messages (and a
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possible application crash due to another bug in the unac
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code, described further).</li>
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<li>There is a compilation issue on Linux systems with a 3.x
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kernel.</li>
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<li>Queries without search terms (ie: all files of a given
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mime type) fail with an "empty query" diagnostic.</li>
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<li>The recollq command line query program sometimes does not
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clean up its temporary directory.</li>
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<li>Indexing can crash on files with weird names (inconsistent with the
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<li>Indexing can crash on files with weird names (inconsistent with the
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locale) for which the format of the "file -i" command is
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locale) for which the format of the "file -i" command is
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unexpected. This is probably dependant on the type of system
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unexpected. This is probably dependant on the type of system
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and/or locale. Workaround: arrange for the offending file
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and/or locale. Workaround: arrange for the offending file
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not to be indexed (move it away or configure it out), or
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not to be indexed (move it away or configure it out), or
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files inside zip archives). Workaround: arrange for the
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files inside zip archives). Workaround: arrange for the
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offending file not to be indexed (move it away or configure
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offending file not to be indexed (move it away or configure
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it out), or apply <a href="files/patch-unac-icclose.diff">this
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it out), or apply <a href="files/patch-unac-icclose.diff">this
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patch</a>, which should work with all versions from 1.13 to
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patch</a>, which should work with all versions from 1.13 to
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1.16.1</li>
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1.16.1</li>
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<li>Real time indexer: when running with gamin on FreeBSD, the
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<li>The lyx filter does not correctly detect the Lyx version,
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indexer can deadlock in the gamin dialog in some
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needed for correct indexing.</li>
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<li>A typo in a memory reallocation call inside the firefox
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web history indexing module may cause problems in a highly
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cases.</li>
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improbable case.</li>
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<li>Real time indexer: file move events were not detected when
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<li>Directory creations are not processed by the real time
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running with inotify (at least for recent
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indexer (for indexing directory names).</li>
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versions). Workaround: restart indexer from time to time.</li>
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<li>Real time indexer: directory moves are not handled at
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all. Workaround: restart indexer from time to time.</li>
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<li>Recollq does not delete a temporary directory in some
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cases (/tmp/rcl...).</li>
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<li>Most GUI queries are actually run two times which does not
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help performance...</li>
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<li>Cancelling a preview in the GUI will also cancel the indexing
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thread if it is running.</li>
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<li>After an upgrade, the recoll GUI sometimes crashes on
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startup. This is fixed by removing (back it up just in case)
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~/.config/Recoll.org/recoll.conf, the QSettings storage for
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recoll.</li>
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<li>Under Solaris, it is necessary to perform the initial
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indexing with the recollindex program. For some unknown reason,
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the recoll index thread does not work for creating the database.
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The only idea I have is a problem with exception handling (recoll
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catches an exception while trying the yet inexistant db).</li>
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<h2><a name="b_1_16_0">recoll 1.16.0</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="b_1_16_0">recoll 1.16.0</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>The <tt>recoll</tt> GUI program sometimes crashes when
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<li>The <tt>recoll</tt> GUI program sometimes crashes when
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running a query while the indexing thread is active.
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running a query while the indexing thread is active.
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Possible workarounds:<br />
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Possible workarounds:<br />
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<ul>
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<li>Upgrade to 1.16.1</li>
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<li>Upgrade to 1.16.1</li>
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<li>Use the command
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<li>Use the command
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line <tt>recollindex</tt> program to perform indexing
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line <tt>recollindex</tt> program to perform indexing
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(usually just type "recollindex" in a console, or see "man
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(usually just type "recollindex" in a console, or see "man
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recollindex").</li>
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recollindex").</li>
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<li>Do not run queries in <tt>recoll</tt> while the indexing thread
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<li>Do not run queries in <tt>recoll</tt> while the indexing thread
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is running (as indicated in the bottom status line).</li>
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is running (as indicated in the bottom status line).</li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="b_1_15_7">recoll 1.15.7</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="b_1_15_7">recoll 1.15.7</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>The default filter for files in Microsoft Word format
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<li>The default filter for files in Microsoft Word format
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(application/msword, .doc), antiword, has trouble with some
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(application/msword, .doc), antiword, has trouble with some
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relatively rare files with a very small text, resulting in the
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relatively rare files with a very small text, resulting in the
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