1252170 - Disable Spotlight indexing on objdir on OS X

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Gregory Szorc [:gps]]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1251870 +++

Apparently you can drop a .metadata_never_index file in any directory to exclude it from indexing.

Comment 1

[Gregory Szorc [:gps]]

Attachment: MozReview Request: Bug 1252170 - Disable Spotlight indexing of objdir on OS X; r?ted

Creating a .metadata_never_index file in a directory apparently
disables Spotlight indexing.

Review commit: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/37187/diff/#index_header
See other reviews: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/37187/

Comment 2

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

You want to remove FINDER_SLOW_MESSAGE in python/mozbuild/mozbuild/mach_commands.py

Comment 3

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

Comment on attachment 8724845 [details]
MozReview Request: Bug 1252170 - Disable Spotlight indexing of objdir on OS X; r?ted

https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/37187/#review33851

Comment 4

[Gregory Szorc [:gps]]

I'll file a follow-up to clean up the FINDER_SLOW_MESSAGE foo.

Comment 5

[Gregory Szorc [:gps]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/f185cde033f50405729191e325594161a8ddf25b
Bug 1252170 - Disable Spotlight indexing of objdir on OS X; r=ted

Comment 6

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/f185cde033f5