On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 11:27, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 01:10:21PM +0200, Miloslav Trmac wrote: > > AFAIK it was turned off because "desktop users" don't use locate, > > Eh? How this gem of information was derived? This definitely > does not mesh up with what I am seeing and I am not talking about > myself. Sure, this is anecdotal and not statistical. Because we are part of a shrinking minority, especially for RH's intended customers. If it is a traditional UNIX tool, or for that matter any text mode utility, it gets the words 'legacy' and then 'deprecated' stamped on it. You see, WE want a Free UNIX, while THEY want a Free Mac; and like Apple have realized that a Free UNIX makes a good base to build one on. :( Any day now I expect to be labeled an old crumudgeon and told that FreeBSD is 'right over there' if I still want UNIX. I know I use locate several times a week to find things, both system files and things lost in the rats nest I call a home directory. Yes the rebuild of the database is annoying on either a laptop OR on a large server, but that just means a way needs to be found to maintain the database in a way that is less stressful to the system. -- John M. http://www.beau.org/~jmorris This post is 100% M$Free! Geekcode 3.1:GCS C+++ UL++++$ P++ L+++ W++ w--- Y++ b++ 5+++ R tv- e* r