Your message dated Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:05:23 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#573284: mlocate: Use an /etc/default file to pass
options to updatedb on the cron.daily script
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regarding mlocate: Use an /etc/default file to pass options to updatedb on the
cron.daily script
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: mlocate
Version: 0.22.2-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
For the daily updatedb runs I want to use the default '/etc/updatedb.conf' file
and add some local options on some servers.
I know that I can change the /etc/updatedb.conf file, but that forces me to
edit or review the file on each upgrade, but if you add support for a
/etc/default/updatedb.mlocate file I can add aditional options on this file
and leave the default configuration alone.
I'm attaching a patch that adds support for this; note that I used the
'/etc/default/updatedb.mlocate' name because that is the name of the binary,
but maybe '/etc/default/mlocate' could be a better option.
Thanks in advance,
Sergio.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ca_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages mlocate depends on:
ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups
ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
mlocate recommends no packages.
mlocate suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
diff -u mlocate-0.22.2/debian/mlocate.cron.daily mlocate-0.22.2/debian/mlocate.cron.daily
--- mlocate-0.22.2/debian/mlocate.cron.daily
+++ mlocate-0.22.2/debian/mlocate.cron.daily
@@ -30,7 +30,16 @@
+OPTIONS=""
+DEFAULTS="/etc/default/updatedb.mlocate"
+
+if [ -f "$DEFAULTS" ]; then
+ . "$DEFAULTS"
+fi
+
+##
+
# See ionice(1)
if [ -x /usr/bin/ionice ] &&
/usr/bin/ionice -c3 true 2>/dev/null; then
IONICE="/usr/bin/ionice -c3"
fi
-$IONICE /usr/bin/updatedb.mlocate
+$IONICE /usr/bin/updatedb.mlocate $OPTIONS
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- mlocate-0.22.2.orig/debian/README
+++ mlocate-0.22.2/debian/README
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Notes about the mlocate debian package
+======================================
+
+If you want to change the options of the daily updatedb run you can modify the
+'/etc/updatedb.conf', but if you want to keep the default values you can also
+generate an '/etc/default/updatedb.mlocate' file that declares an OPTIONS
+variable that is used on the 'updatedb' invocation.
+
+If you want to keep the standard PRUNEPATHS and also ignore the '/export'
+directory you can use this '/etc/default/updatedb.mlocate' file:
+
+ OPTIONS="--add-prunepaths /export"
+
+For a complete list of options see updatedb(8).
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--- Begin Message ---
]] Sergio Talens-Oliag
> I know that I can change the /etc/updatedb.conf file, but that forces me to
> edit or review the file on each upgrade, but if you add support for a
> /etc/default/updatedb.mlocate file I can add aditional options on this file
> and leave the default configuration alone.
I'm not going to do this, just edit the mlocate.conf file. You'll only
be prompted on upgrades where the file has changed, just like you would
be prompted on upgrades with a default file.
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Tollef Fog Heen
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