On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 00:31, Kevin McLauchlan wrote:
Hey, I did "Install Everything" (except sources), and I **still** didn't get "locate".
Is that another one of those "For licensing reasons, we include it on the CD, but cannot automatically install" ??
/kevin
In the SuSE 8.0 Reference manual it says on page 69: The locate tool for quickly finding files is no longer included in the standard software installation. If desired, install it later. If installed, the updatedb process - just as it did in previous versions - will be automatically activated about fifteen minutes after starting your computer. No explanation is offered for the change, but I don't think it has anything to do with licensing. Rather, I assume it's because a lot of people really get annoyed by the big performance hit that occurs when updatedb runs. If updatedb runs while you're doing something memory intensive, it can bring your machine to a near halt. However, the solution to that is simple - move the script updatedb from /etc/cron.daily to /etc/cron.weekly or /etc/cron.monthly, or just move it to your home directory (for safe-keeping) and run updatedb manually whenever you feel like it. - Robert Storey