[libvirt-users] mlocate/updatedb and btrfs subvolume mounts

[G. Richard Bellamy]

oh jeez - sorry for the noise. Wrong list.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 11:17 AM, G. Richard Bellamy
<rbellamy at pteradigm.com> wrote:
> I've just noticed that I'm having issues with finding files using
> "locate" when those files are on btrfs subvolume mounts.
>
> The issue is that updatedb cannot discern the difference between a
> btrfs bind mount and btrfs subvolume [1]. This generally means that if
> you're using btrfs subvolume mounts and updatedb at the same time, and
> you want to index those subvolumes, you'll need to set
> PRUNE_BIND_MOUNTS to 0 or "no". And then deal with all the cruft that
> causes.
>
> From the bug above, you can see that the RedHat dev Michal Sekletar is
> out of ideas. I'm not sure if he's reached out here or not... and if
> not, he might welcome some help from the folks on this list.
>
> Regrads,
> Richard
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906591#c30