The solution or this bug is to insert the following line into ~/.recoll/recoll.conf:
filtersdir = /usr/share/recoll/filters (i mistyped filtersdir as filterdirs in my original bugreport). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org