trackerd database corrupted - tracker.log file blows up

[nqzero]

Binary package hint: tracker

fresh install of gutsy

the bug below addresses the same problem, but from a log file getting huge pov, but it ignores the fundamental problem of the trackerd corruption in the first place.

workaround was:

killall trackerd
tracker --reindex

until i did this, the machine was almost at it's knees. doesn't seem like tracker is ready for prime-time

a very-closely-related (but poorly summarized :) bug follows

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/146243
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Bug #146243, first reported on 2007-09-28 by Sebastian Heinlein
Does not turncate and limit size of log file

.local/share/tracker/tracker.log

ERROR: could not get file id for /usr/local/share//applications - unable to continue indexing this file
ERROR: execution of prepared query GetServiceID failed due to database disk image is malformed with return code 11
ERROR: execution of prepared query CreateService failed due to database disk image is malformed with return code 11

[nqzero (nqzero)]

this has been marked as a duplicate of 164412

this is wrong. yes the symptom is the same, but all the other report mentions is the huge log size - the fundamental problem is the corruption, which shouldn't be happening. this needs to be assigned to someone