A further optimization might be to separate updates into dev sections. Clearly, not everyone separates their data from their system, but for those who do, being able to scan just the /home dir would also reduce the wear-and-tear further.
Then, though it makes the mlocate script a little more complicated, you only need to do system drive index updating if apt has (un)installed anything. -- updatedb should be weekly, not daily https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271272 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
