On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 08:55:44PM +0000, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 02:13:07PM -0500, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 4:54 PM Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek > > <zbyszek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 01:52:43PM -0500, Chris Murphy wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 12:19 PM Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > == How To Test == > > > > > # Install `plocate` (`sudo dnf install plocate --allowerasing`) > > > > > # Wait for `plocate-updatedb.service` to finish (`sudo systemctl start > > > > > plocate-updatedb.service`) > > > > > # Use `plocate pattern` or `plocate -r <regexp>` to search for files. > > > > > > > > Works for me. Also fixes this old bug where mlocate pruned bind mount > > > > locations, which resulted in /home on Btrfs not being indexed. > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906591 > > > > > > > > Note for laptop users, plocate-updatedb.service contains > > > > ConditionACPower=true, so if you're getting errors locating files, it > > > > might be because the initial database isn't being created because no > > > > AC power. > > > > > > Ack. (I assume that most people have the laptop on AC at least some > > > of the time, so the db will get updated sooner or later. In the worst > > > case, if the laptop is only charged while off or suspended, it would be > > > necessary to remove the conditional. But I think that's a rare case, and > > > the default is good.) > > > > > > > > == User Experience == > > > > > Users should not notice the difference. Installing `plocate` > > > > > automatically removes `mlocate`. The new implementation is generally > > > > > compatible with the old one in all common cases, and provides some > > > > > additional options. > > > > > > > > I'm definitely noticing a difference. I'm not sure it was ever correct > > > > that updatedb.conf was pruning bind mounts on Fedora. It's not the > > > > mlocate default, but it is what Fedora has been using for years > > > > (defacto default on Fedora). > > > > > > That's a known-fixed bug. I didn't mention it because, well, it was > > > considered a bug in mlocate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > > > It's not a fixed bug. > > Sorry, I meant that it's fixed in plocate, which simply does exhibit > this behaviour. Ah, OK, this has been cleared up in another part of the thread ;) Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
