Bug#2791: locate seg faults if locatedb too big
Guy Maor writes ("Bug#2791: locate seg faults if locatedb too big"):
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> That's not necessary. Instead of editing updatedb, just edit
> /etc/cron.daily/find, which is a conffile. Then you won't lose your
> changes when you upgrade findutils. You can program updatedb with
> arguments or environment variables.
We really need a single place to specify filesystem types and
directory hierarchies to exclude from automatic find scripts,
updatedb, &c.
Ian.
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