[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Proposal: plocate as standard for bookworm



On Sat, Feb 06, 2021 at 10:18:45PM +0100, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
>> Thoughts?
> I think plocate should have a Conflicts: mlocate. There is no need to
> install two locate implementations in parallel, it will just create
> useless IO.

It's a pretty thin use-case, but someone could have scripts that call mlocate
explicitly (not through the locate symlink). Or have something that is
capable of reading mlocate's database. Or wish to have both to benchmark
against each other :-) Unfortunately, we don't have an “Anti-Recommends”.

/* Steinar */
-- 
Homepage: https://www.sesse.net/


Reply to: