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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kio-locate
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-10-26 20:15:27
Message-ID: 200410262215.27744.coolo () kde ! org
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Am Dienstag 26 Oktober 2004 22:06 schrieb Christoph Wiesen:

> Geez, I didn't know that - sorry.
> On todays distributions - is this an uncommon setup (out of the box) or do
> most systems already do that? If so I hope it's still considered - I find
> it immensely usefull - but i didn't know that updatedb has to run in the
> background to 'see' new files.
SUSE doesn't install locate by default. Because many users do not leave their
computer on over night (and mother nature praises them for that), the cron
has to run while they wait in front of the computer - and the updatedb takes
quite some resources. You didn't expect locate to be magic, do you?

Greetings, Stephan
 
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