Hi Greg Schmidt, Thanks for your report.
> Package: libgphoto2-6 > Version: 2.5.12-1 > Severity: normal > File: libgphoto > > Dear Maintainer, > > Camera auto detection [libgphoto2_port/disk/disk.c gp_port_library_list()] > will detect a mount point as a camera if a dcim directory exists. Although > some mount points are excluded if a certain name or type is seen. This > strategy allows other mount points to become cameras if a dcim directory is > created. > > This was confusing. Since autodetect is a default. I just expected that it > would detect my camera and get files from there. But it found this other disk > partition and was manipulating its files. Since I was using darktable it was > scattering sidecar files all over my HOME directory and putting a bunch of > cruft in its database. > > Wouldn't it be better if the user/admin had to specify what disks could be > treated as cameras. I renamed the dcim directory. The mount point was no > longer a camera! Now I just need to clean up darktable. > > Home directories on my system are lvm partitions, and are listed in > /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab if a user creates a dcim directory at his home > gphoto will detect his home directory as a camera. > I think it is a wishlist bug. You want a different behavior. Is that it ? > Wouldn't it be better if the user/admin had to specify what disks could be > treated as cameras. Regards, Herbert
