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| author |   Matteo Bernardini | 2020-10-10 09:01:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Matteo Bernardini | 2020-10-10 09:01:34 +0200 |
| commit | e9960fba8f1f93504cff4c2f650896ee84568230 (patch) | |
| tree | afddb23a307677bda469d0e6defa6883d3fedc43 /system/mlocate/README | |
| parent | c26358dd9bd63b6623a970c03452ec169a1a2f34 (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-e9960fba8f1f93504cff4c2f650896ee84568230.tar.gz | |
20201010.1 global branch merge.current-20201010.1
Signed-off-by: Matteo Bernardini <ponce@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/mlocate/README b/system/mlocate/README deleted file mode 100644 index f2029ce76a..0000000000 --- a/system/mlocate/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -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 |