config checking: only test skippedPaths existence for user-added values, not defaults

src/common/rclconfig.cpp

@@ -380,10 +380,10 @@ void RclConfig::setKeyDir(const string &dir)
 	m_defcharset.erase();
 }
 
-bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, int *ivp) const
+bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, int *ivp, bool shallow) const
 {
     string value;
-    if (!getConfParam(name, value))
+    if (!getConfParam(name, value, shallow))
 	return false;
     errno = 0;
     long lval = strtol(value.c_str(), 0, 0);
@@ -394,37 +394,39 @@ bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, int *ivp) const
     return true;
 }
 
-bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, bool *bvp) const
+bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, bool *bvp, bool shallow) const
 {
     if (!bvp) 
 	return false;
 
     *bvp = false;
     string s;
-    if (!getConfParam(name, s))
+    if (!getConfParam(name, s, shallow))
 	return false;
     *bvp = stringToBool(s);
     return true;
 }
 
-bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, vector<string> *svvp) const
+bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, vector<string> *svvp,
+    bool shallow) const
 {
     if (!svvp) 
 	return false;
     svvp->clear();
     string s;
-    if (!getConfParam(name, s))
+    if (!getConfParam(name, s, shallow))
 	return false;
     return stringToStrings(s, *svvp);
 }
 
-bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, vector<int> *vip) const
+bool RclConfig::getConfParam(const string &name, vector<int> *vip,
+    bool shallow) const
 {
     if (!vip) 
 	return false;
     vip->clear();
     vector<string> vs;
-    if (!getConfParam(name, &vs))
+    if (!getConfParam(name, &vs, shallow))
 	return false;
     vip->reserve(vs.size());
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vs.size(); i++) {

src/common/rclconfig.h

@@ -123,21 +123,25 @@ class RclConfig {
     string getKeyDir() const {return m_keydir;}
 
     /** Get generic configuration parameter according to current keydir */
-    bool getConfParam(const string &name, string &value) const
+    bool getConfParam(const string &name, string &value, 
+                      bool shallow=false) const
     {
 	if (m_conf == 0)
 	    return false;
-	return m_conf->get(name, value, m_keydir);
+	return m_conf->get(name, value, m_keydir, shallow);
     }
     /** Variant with autoconversion to int */
-    bool getConfParam(const string &name, int *value) const;
+    bool getConfParam(const string &name, int *value, bool shallow=false) const;
     /** Variant with autoconversion to bool */
-    bool getConfParam(const string &name, bool *value) const;
+    bool getConfParam(const string &name, bool *value, 
+                      bool shallow=false) const;
     /** Variant with conversion to vector<string>
      *  (stringToStrings). Can fail if the string is malformed. */
-    bool getConfParam(const string &name, vector<string> *value) const;
+    bool getConfParam(const string &name, vector<string> *value, 
+                      bool shallow=false) const;
     /** Variant with conversion to vector<int> */
-    bool getConfParam(const string &name, vector<int> *value) const;
+    bool getConfParam(const string &name, vector<int> *value, 
+                      bool shallow=false) const;
 
     enum ThrStage {ThrIntern=0, ThrSplit=1, ThrDbWrite=2};
     pair<int, int> getThrConf(ThrStage who) const;

src/index/recollindex.cpp

@@ -284,7 +284,9 @@ static bool checktopdirs(RclConfig *config, vector<string>& nonexist)
         }
     }
 
-    if (config->getConfParam("skippedPaths", &tdl)) {
+    // Check skippedPaths too, but only the user part (shallow==true), not
+    // the default values (e.g. /media, which might not exist).
+    if (config->getConfParam("skippedPaths", &tdl, true)) {
         for (vector<string>::iterator it = tdl.begin(); it != tdl.end(); it++) {
             *it = path_tildexpand(*it);
             if (access(it->c_str(), 0) < 0) {
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@ static bool checktopdirs(RclConfig *config, vector<string>& nonexist)
         }
     }
 
-    if (config->getConfParam("daemSkippedPaths", &tdl)) {
+    if (config->getConfParam("daemSkippedPaths", &tdl, true)) {
         for (vector<string>::iterator it = tdl.begin(); it != tdl.end(); it++) {
             *it = path_tildexpand(*it);
             if (access(it->c_str(), 0) < 0) {

src/utils/conftree.h

@@ -399,15 +399,21 @@ public:
 	return false;
     }
 
-    virtual int get(const string &name, string &value, const string &sk) const
+    virtual int get(const string &name, string &value, const string &sk,
+                    bool shallow) const
     {
 	typename vector<T*>::const_iterator it;
 	for (it = m_confs.begin();it != m_confs.end();it++) {
 	    if ((*it)->get(name, value, sk))
 		return true;
+            if (shallow)
+                break;
 	}
 	return false;
     }
+    virtual int get(const string &name, string &value, const string &sk) const {
+        return get(name, value, sk, false);
+    }
 
     virtual bool hasNameAnywhere(const string& nm) const
     {