updatedb disabled?

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Miloslav Trmac wrote:

>On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 11:51:25AM -0400, Peter Arremann wrote:
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>>ok - so the plan is to replace one thing that is done wrong (suck battery 
>>life) with another thing that is wrong (not run as users got to expect it for 
>>years) for one release only and then come up with a good solution? 
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>>I at least had a hard time talking to the other guys at work and say "Yes, I 
>>know from our perspective they are asking 99% of all guys that run a desktop 
>>to do more work so it benefits the 1% that run a laptop, but this makes more 
>>sense!" 
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>No, I think updatedb should stay disabled by default even if the laptop
>problem is solved, at least as long as slocate is a mandatory package in
>the Base comps group.  Most users that run a "desktop" don't use locate, so
>running updatedb is just wasted.
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i disagree with this point of view! slocate is verry usefull. If you are 
windows person - is up to you to use graphic search backend. But to 
locate something fast and quick - locate is your friend!

>If slocate had to be manually selected for installation, it makes sense
>to enable it by default... but installing the package is a more complicated
>action than enabling updatedb if it is already installed.
>	Mirek
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