You can tell which version is being used thusly: 'which locate' will
return '/sw/bin/locate' if it's the fink version (in a default
fink installation) and will return '/usr/bin/locate' if you are using the
default Darwin locate.

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On Tue, 7 May 2002, Marcello Testi wrote:

> Hi, first post here, so hello everyone. I looked at the first pages of
> archives, but didn't find out if this has already been pointed out: so,
> sorry if it's already been said before.
>
> Lately, I noted that launching locate always gave me some output (I can't
> say if it was complete or not) and then ended up with "Bus Error" (one time
> it gave me no output but "Seg. fault").
>
> I really can't say when all of this started: I keep Fink updated via-CVS
> every couple of days and I don't keep trak of every update. It probably
> began BEFORE the release of 0.4.0.
>
> Anyway, first I tried to remove and then reinstall findutils via-Fink.
> Nothing changed.
> Yesterday, I tried just to remove findutils using dselect. Now locate works
> ok, but I think it uses the original Darwin version, not the one installed
> by Fink.
>
> Ciao.
> Marcello.
>
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