URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57072>
Summary: macos brew-ed conf file (docs and use) Project: findutils Submitted by: iaw4 Submitted on: Thu 17 Oct 2019 05:57:10 PM UTC Category: updatedb Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: Wrong result Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Originator Name: iaw4 Originator Email: Open/Closed: Open Discussion Lock: Any Release: 4.6.0 Fixed Release: None _______________________________________________________ Details: I am using the findutils are 4.6.0 from the current macos brew system. I read the man page, but it is not clear where the conf file for `gupdatedb` sits. usually, it would be in `/usr/local/etc/`, presumably something like `updatedb.conf` or `gupdatedb.conf`. I created deliberately invalid conf files, but they do not trigger an error. can you please document in the man page where the default configuration file sits? ideally, `glocate -S -v` would describe more information, such as what the arguments to `gupdatedb` were, too (and/or what the starting `updatedb.conf` used was). the reason why all this would be helpful is that `gupdatedb` does not seem to index the `/Users` directories. this makes it pretty useless for many use cases. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57072> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/