system/mlocate: Added (locate/updatedb implementation).

Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>

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+mlocate (locate/updatedb implementation)
+
+mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. It keeps a database of all
+existing files and allows you to lookup files by name. The 'm' stands for
+"merging": updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid rereading most
+of the file system, which makes updatedb faster and does not trash the
+system caches as much as traditional locate implementations.
+
+This is the same "locate" that's in Slackware-current (and eventually 15.0).
+
+This conflicts with Slackware 14.2's slocate package! Before installing
+this, add slocate to /etc/slackpkg/blacklist and then:
+
+  # removepkg slocate
+
+It's also recommended to:
+
+  # rm -rf /var/lib/slocate /etc/updatedb.conf
+
+The locate database will be created daily, as a cron job. If you don't
+want to wait, you can create it manually:
+
+  # /etc/cron.daily/mlocate
+
+If you want to revert to Slackware's slocate, remove slocate from
+/etc/slackpkg/blacklist, then:
+
+  # removepkg mlocate
+  # rm -rf /var/lib/mlocate /etc/updatedb.conf
+  # slackpkg update
+  # slackpkg install slocate