James Carlson wrote: > Dan Mick writes: >> James Carlson wrote: >>> Jim Li writes: >>>> Q4. Suggested that each locate implementation has an update service in >>>> smf(5) >>>> and a cron job. >>>> >>>> Currently we are focusing on enriching the open source projects which can >>>> be used on Solaris. Don't have enough resources to improve the projects or >>>> provide extension function. >>>> >>>> In Linux distribution, slocate use anacron to update the index file >>>> periodically. Anacron is a little bit different from cron job. It >>>> executes commands at intervals not at specifed time. It does not >>>> assume that the system is running continuously. >>> If I understand what you're saying, that seems broken to me. >>> >>> It sounds like you're saying that slocate works better on Linux today >>> than it will on OpenSolaris once this project integrates because Linux >>> has Anacron and OpenSolaris does not, and we provide no alternatives. >>> The user will be forced to roll his own solution to the problem -- >>> either using slocate in a cron job, writing a script using sleep(1), >>> or porting over Anacron on his own to fill the gap. >> About this small issue of the case: this same limitation applies to any >> number of housekeeping tasks managed by cron; if you only have your machine >> on at certain times, some things don't get done. <shrug> I don't see why >> slocate's database is any different, really. > > I think it's worse, and it has nothing to do with the subtle > differences between anacron and traditional cron. > > They're doing nothing at all with respect to running updatedb, which > means that the database doesn't get updated. On Linux, when you > install slocate, you get /etc/cron.daily/slocate for free. It's part > of the normal package, and automatically updates the database. > > On OpenSolaris, you'll get no such thing. After installing slocate, > if you really still want to use it, you'll have to cook up your own > cron entry for it -- unlike Linux. > > That's the regression I'm referring to. The OpenSolaris port will be > intentionally inferior. >
oh. yes. With no cron job at all, that's silly.
