There doesn't seem to be a way to specify paths in 'updatedb' to allow for
case-insentive matching.
Also, the in order for the problem to be solved completely, find has to be
fixed as well.
The part that would be, I think, updatedb-specific is the --prunepaths
option. There needs to be an --iprunepaths option. The former uses
-regex to do exception matching, while the later would use -iregex to do
matching.
The part that's common to both, is that while find has -iXXXXX options
to parallel -XXXXX options that ignore case, it needs a way to tell it to
ignore case on the starting pathnames just like it has options to tell
it to process them as symlinks or not.
Comments?
Should I just submit it to the bug database? If so, should there be
separate issues for find and updatedb? Separate ones for updatedb involving
--prunepaths vs. the starting paths (since they involve separate dependencies
in find?)
Thanks,
Linda
(sorry for any confusion in mentioning the find and updatedb problems in terms
of specific applications. I can see how mentioning 3rd party apps might
distract from the essential problem areas).
