Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2005-12-09 Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Package: findutils >> Version: 4.2.26-2 >> Severity: normal > >> /etc/updatedb.conf is sourced by /etc/cron.daily/find, but not if >> /usr/bin/updatedb is invoked directly. This is unfortunate, because >> this is the obvious way to update the database should this be necessary >> "out of schedule". > [...] > > /etc/updatedb.conf is misnamed, it should called updatedb.conf.cron. > > I don't think I am going to change updatedb. > It would break any locally set-up run of updatedb with custom > options. And the current behavior has been like this forever. > > On top of that it is debian-only file. > > I am pondering removing updatedb.conf and placing its contents in > /etc/cron.daily/find instead.
Yes, that would be a clean solution, too, and probably better if upstream doesn't have it. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
