On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 04:25:47PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> yep.
>
> in pseduo-perl
>
> if (mtime of /var/lib/dpkg/dlocatedb < mtime of /var/lib/dpkg/status) {
> system("/usr/sbin/update-dlocatedb")
> } ;
> # now carry on with whatever it is that needed dlocate -S to be
> # up-to-date.
>
this would only work if run by root. perhaps it would be better to
fallback on the slower dpkg -S when the dlocatedb is old.
--
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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