Re: slocate doesn't

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On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 11:22:10AM -0500, inode0 wrote:
> On 4/14/06, Ed Wilts <ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > IMHO, Red Hat got this wrong...  Have a look at the cron job that's
> > supposed to generate the catalog and you'll see how they screwed it up.
> > By default, it's turned OFF (although in earlier releases it was turned
> > on).
> >
> > Edit /etc/updatedb.conf and set DAILY_UPDATE to yes.
> 
> Of course there was a lot of yelling from the inconvenience to
> notebook users of having it set on by default. So Red Hat is sort of
> in a no win situation on this one. Either remember to turn it on if
> you want it on your desktop or remember to turn it off if you don't
> want it on your notebook.
> 
> I wouldn't argue that on might be the better default though.

I'd be willing to bet that there are more servers and desktops than
notebooks.  'nuff said.

        .../Ed

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