Are you referring to a graphical search feature (which should have its own indexing process) or the locate command?
You can change the configuration on your own system until a decision is made on this issue. Maco On Oct 9, 2011 8:01 AM, "trans" <271...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Why hasn't this been done? This is the one issue that has me wanting to > throw Ubuntu out the window. Every morning at 8am it eats my hard drive > for breakfast for more than 10 minutes straight. And for what? I've > tried using ubnutu's search feature and it never finds any thing. So > what the f is it even doing? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271272 > > Title: > updatedb should be weekly, not daily > > Status in “mlocate” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > This is an enhancement or suggestion to save a little bit of wear and > tear on hard disks. > > Basically, I think that a daily update of the locate database is too > much. Most folks don't add *that* many files on a daily basis. So, > why not reduce wear-and-tear on the HDDs by making the update weekly? > > If they do need the locate db updated *right now*, there could be a > simple GUI invocation, as through the System->Administration menu. > > Pros: > > - Disk usage is reduced a significant amount for the vast majority of > end-users (those who do simple web, email, business writing, music > listening, etc.) > - Ubuntu is that much more "green" > > Cons: > > - Locate DB is a little more latent in being up-to-date. > > Modulo the GUI part, implementing this is as simple as moving > /etc/cron.daily/mlocate to /etc/cron.weekly/ . > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mlocate/+bug/271272/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271272 Title: updatedb should be weekly, not daily To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mlocate/+bug/271272/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
