Bug#976427: plocate: Please keep cron script for use without systemd
Package: plocate Version: 1.1.1-1 Tags: patch Hi, se...@debian.org (2020-12-05 at 0032.04 +0100): > The cron script did the wrong thing from 1.1.0: > > - It depended on mlocate's database. > - It would do double-work on top of the systemd timer. As mlocate is also installed here, it went without issues. > I'm happy taking a patch to add back a script that fixes both of these > issues, ie., runs updatedb.plocate instead of plocate-build, and does not run > if the systemd timer would run instead. Would you like to contribute one? Changing mlocate script to work with plocate was easy, so it does all that and more. See attached file. Cheers, GSR #! /bin/bash set -e UPDATEDB=/usr/sbin/updatedb.plocate # skip in favour of systemd timer if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then exit 0 fi [ -x $UPDATEDB ] || exit 0 if which on_ac_power >/dev/null 2>&1; then ON_BATTERY=0 on_ac_power >/dev/null 2>&1 || ON_BATTERY=$? if [ "$ON_BATTERY" -eq 1 ]; then exit 0 fi fi # See ionice(1) IONICE= if [ -x /usr/bin/ionice ] && /usr/bin/ionice -c3 true 2>/dev/null; then IONICE="/usr/bin/ionice -c3" fi # See nocache(1) NOCACHE= if [ -x /usr/bin/nocache ]; then NOCACHE="/usr/bin/nocache" fi # It can open many files at once, ensure a big limit ulimit -n 1048576 flock --nonblock /run/plocate.daily.lock $NOCACHE $IONICE nice $UPDATEDB
Bug#976427: plocate: Please keep cron script for use without systemd
On Sat, Dec 05, 2020 at 12:18:26AM +0100, GSR wrote: > Last update removed cron script, which was working OK. Not everyone > uses systemd timers, so please keep the script. Hi, The cron script did the wrong thing from 1.1.0: - It depended on mlocate's database. - It would do double-work on top of the systemd timer. I'm happy taking a patch to add back a script that fixes both of these issues, ie., runs updatedb.plocate instead of plocate-build, and does not run if the systemd timer would run instead. Would you like to contribute one? /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: https://www.sesse.net/
Bug#976427: plocate: Please keep cron script for use without systemd
Package: plocate Version: 1.1.0-4 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Last update removed cron script, which was working OK. Not everyone uses systemd timers, so please keep the script. Thank you, GSR -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.9.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages plocate depends on: ii libc6 2.31-5 ii libgcc-s1 10.2.0-23 ii libstdc++6 10.2.0-23 ii liburing1 0.7-1 ii libzstd11.4.5+dfsg-2 plocate recommends no packages. plocate suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
