-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On June 5, 2002 10:20 pm, Robert Storey wrote: ...snip...
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.
It's more likely a security issue. The less information users can get about stuff they don't need to know about (location of sensitive files), the better. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8/1cy+FOexA3koIgRAlYYAJ99+bl2Trgz2tgiranDBmW3N1+fdwCgglKR 8nTy/izi7y9molGMp624eUA= =pGrZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----