On 2008-05-27 Tim Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: findutils > Version: 4.4.0-2 > Severity: normal
> Is there any reason why findutils (which is depended on by mlocate and > locate) includes updatedb. Hello, It does not, afaict: SID)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -s findutils | grep Version Version: 4.4.0-2 (SID)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man grep (SID)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -L findutils | grep update || echo not found not found > (which links to mlocate's updatedb via > /etc/alternatives), and locate includes its version of updatedb (as > expected, but I'll be turning it off), and mlocate includes its own > version of updatedb? This means that mlocate's (or whoever owns the > updatedb alternatives) updatedb runs twice, if I traced the shell > scripts correctly. locate's cron job /etc/cron.daily/locate will only run once, I do not know how mlocate handles this, but I would be surprised if it ran twice. > To me it seems that all of those packages should include their own > updatedb in cron.daily, but findutils should include no such > cron.daily job. If you install both locate and mlocate both cronjobs will run (each once) and you will have working databases for both locate implementations. cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
