spotlight re-indexing after smart backup

[nfr]

hello

i'm smart-updating my second computer from my first one. Although I have the .Spotlight-V100 file exempt from the copying process, each time I update computer 2, Spotlight does a complete re-indexing. Would there be a way to avoid this?

thanks a lot.

n

[dnanian]

Unfortunately, no -- at present, spotlight's going to reindex after this kind of copy.

[nfr]

ok, do you think this might be a reasonable feature request ? — Anyway, would you know to suggest a different kind of copy?

thanks a lot

n

[dnanian]

Given that you want to make the same both times, no, I don't think a different copy type is going to work: this is something we're working on, though. No promises, no dates.

[nfr]

…*what exactly do you mean by "you want to make the same both times" ? — And do you happen to know what will happen if I make my .Spotlight… file write-protected?

thanks again

[dnanian]

You know, I don't know what my fingers were doing when I typed that. Other than typing that.

What I meant was "Given that you want to make both drives the same". We'll still copy the file if it's write protected.