Re: HELP: update produces an empty db???

[esoR ocsirF <rosef@eou.edu>]

On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 07:52:39PM +0100, Bruno Boettcher wrote:
> hello,
> 
> i tryed it now by hand:
> localhost:~# updatedb
> /usr/bin/updatedb: frcode: command not found
> updatedb: new database would be empty
> 
> and in effect the db is empty.... what's this frcode about and how do i get
> this problem solved?
> 
I have run into this problem with potato. If this is breaking in slink
it is news to me. My "fix" is really just a kluge workaround the problem
but it should get you back functioning.

Edit /usr/bin/updatedb (its just a script)
find the line were it defines the PATH, looks something like
PATH=$LIBEXECDIR:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH export PATH
insert /usr/lib/locate into the path definition. For some reason the
LIBEXECDIR is not inserting the library executables directory for locate. 
The result looks something like the following on my machine.

PATH=$LIBEXECDIR:/usr/lib/locate:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH export PATH

Hope this helps!
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