rlocate vs. mlocate

Ron Yorston rmy at tigress.co.uk
Wed Feb 22 09:59:08 UTC 2006


Miloslav Trmac wrote:
>It seems mlocate is working well; people now complain about makewhatis
>taking long time instead of updatedb :)

Yes, mlocate is definitely a Good Thing.  And add me to the list of
people complaining about makewhatis.  But don't forget prelink.  I
turn it off.  When I remember.  Usually a couple of seconds after
anacron has started its latest attempt to drain my battery.

Ron




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