News for release 0.38.3

[notmuch-wiki] / faq.mdwn

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@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [[!img notmuch-logo.png alt="Notmuch logo" class="left"]]
 # Frequently Asked Questions
 
+See also [[Less Frequently Asked Questions|lfaq]].
+
 [[!toc levels=2]]
 
 ## How come this query matches mails in folder:2013? `notmuch search --output=files folder:inbox`
@@ -12,19 +14,30 @@ with the same message (i.e. the files have identical Message-ID). A
 `folder:` search will match the folder of any of the files. The
 `--output=files` option outputs all the files of all matching messages.
 
-## How come this query does not list all the emails on the file system? `notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox`
+## How come my query does not list all the emails on the file system?
 
-You may have emails that only have some of the excluded tags.
+You may have emails that have some of the [exclude
+tags](https://notmuchmail.org/doc/latest/man1/notmuch-search.html#cmdoption-search-exclude)
 
-Notmuch can be configured to exclude some tags while searching. You can list excluded tags with
+Notmuch can be configured to exclude some tags while searching. You
+can list excluded tags with
 
     $ notmuch config get search.exclude_tags
     deleted
 
-To verify this is the reason of the discrepancy, add the excluded tags explicitly to your query.
+To verify this is the reason of the discrepancy, add the excluded tags
+explicitly to your query. If the problematic query is
+
+    $ notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox
+
+Try
 
     $ notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox tag:deleted
 
+You can also temporarily turn of the excluded tags feature with `--exclude`.
+
+    $ notmuch search --output=files --exclude=false -- folder:inbox
+
 ## Shouldn't notmuch support inline PGP?
 
 [Why it might not be a good idea](https://dkg.fifthhorseman.net/notes/inline-pgp-harmful/)
@@ -142,24 +155,3 @@ See
 also notmuch-extract-patch in
 [mailscripts](https://git.spwhitton.name/mailscripts/).
 
-## T150-tagging.sh is failing with Xapian 1.4.6
-
-This is (probably) a bug in this point release of Xapian, should be
-fixed in 1.4.7.  Try reverting Xapian commit
-`093999529acc2f86900d91fed0c7f7af301ab94a`, e.g. with the following
-patch.
-
-
-    index 80e578b85..a47f14a68 100644
-    --- a/xapian-core/backends/glass/glass_postlist.cc
-    +++ b/xapian-core/backends/glass/glass_postlist.cc
-    @@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ GlassPostList::open_nearby_postlist(const std::string & term_,
-         (void)need_pos;
-         if (term_.empty())
-            RETURN(NULL);
-    -    if (!this_db.get() || this_db->postlist_table.is_modified())
-    +    if (!this_db.get() || this_db->postlist_table.is_writable())
-            RETURN(NULL);
-         RETURN(new GlassPostList(this_db, term_, cursor->clone()));
-     }
-