[TYPO3-dev] indexed search on subtree bug or feature?

[Surer Dink]

All,

I have been trying to get indexed search to only search part of the
site - however no matter what I specify in "Startingpoint" for the
search plugin, the entire tree gets searched.  (I was suggested to use
.rootPidList, however I can not because the starting point I want to
use is not makred as Rootlevel.)   Is the Startingpoint not working a
bug in indexed search, or is this a feature that does something else
that I do not understand?

Thanks!