Re: updatedb.mlocate
On Sat 09 Apr 2022 at 18:18:31 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 17:50:03 +0100
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello Brian,
>
> >Or replace mlocate with plocate, which is reckoned to be better than
>
> mlocate is a transitional package in Debian. It installs plocate. Which
> means Roy is likely running plocate anyway. Therefore mlocate can be
> removed.
>
> From info on the Debian package tracker, plocate has been used in place
> of mlocate since at least October 2020. There's no data going back
> further.
Thank you, Brad, for clarifying.
I remember the discussions on -devel regarding plocate. It is on my
Debain 11 system, but I could not remember how it got there and did
not investigate.
--
Brian.
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