On 2023-01-07 19:20:56 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2023-01-07 18:53 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > zira:~> ll /var/lib/dlocate > > total 109172 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55750318 2022-11-25 00:27:44 dlocatedb > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55623054 2022-11-14 09:47:51 dlocatedb.old > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105318 2022-11-25 00:27:44 dlocatedb.stamps > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 299199 2022-11-25 00:27:44 dpkg-list
Same issue my other machine. > That could have been the case for much longer actually. At installation > time, the postinst script runs "update-dlocatedb -b" which seems to have > been successful. I suppose that explains the > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55623054 2022-11-14 09:47:51 dlocatedb.old > > The cron file /etc/cron.daily/dlocate is there, though: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > # update databases for both files and packages. > > if [ -x /usr/sbin/update-dlocatedb ] ; then > > /usr/sbin/update-dlocatedb -b > > fi > > But apparently it is never executed. Are any other cron jobs being run > on your system? In the logs I can see for today: Jan 07 06:25:01 zira CRON[1843444]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || { cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily; }) and Jan 07 14:38:01 zira CRON[1857920]: (root) CMD ( test -x /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest && /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest --crond) So it seems to be OK, though I don't know what leads to the logging of popularity-contest only. > If not, you may have been bitten by bug #1019554 in > anacron which needs manual restore as mentioned in > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html. 2022-07-14 20:57:59 upgrade anacron:amd64 2.3-32 2.3-33 2022-07-14 20:57:59 status half-configured anacron:amd64 2.3-32 2022-07-14 20:57:59 status unpacked anacron:amd64 2.3-32 2022-07-14 20:57:59 status half-installed anacron:amd64 2.3-32 2022-07-14 20:57:59 status unpacked anacron:amd64 2.3-33 but I get mail from failing cron scripts. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)