Re: locate warning . . . ?
Which version of findutils do you have installed? findutils-4.1-40 is
the preferred version. If you are using certain older versions,
updatedb will not run on a daily basis.
Usually, /etc/cron.daily/find is run every day, which updates locatedb.
Bryan Walton <walton@berbee.com> writes:
> Greetings,
> Today, I have noticed that when I do a locate on something, I get
> a warning message that locatedb is more than 8 days old. See the example:
> --cut--
>
> work:/home/walton# locate xf86config
> locate: warning: database `/var/lib/locate/locatedb' is more than 8 days
> old
> /usr/share/alien/patches/xf86config-glibc_1.0.0.i386-3.diff.gz
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config
> /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xf86config.1x.gz
>
> --cut--
>
> Any ideas about what this means?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan Walton
>
>
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