Bug 97377 - /etc/updatedb.conf contains misleading commands and variables
Bug#: 97377 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: All Status: RESOLVED Severity: trivial Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: base-system@gentoo.org Reported By: now@bitwi.se
Component: Core system
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Summary: /etc/updatedb.conf contains misleading commands and variables
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2005-06-29 04:14 0000
Description:   Opened: 2005-06-29 04:14 0000 
As far as I can tell from looking at the source, slocate doesn't honor NETPATHS
in  /etc/updatedb.conf.  Furthermore, it doesn't parse export statements, and
the file isn't executed like a shell script before updatedb runs.  Furthermore
(and this is a bit anal retentive) the comments in the file use the word "which"
when the word "that" should be used.

Reproducible: Always
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A working solution would be to replace the updatedb.conf file that is being put
in /etc/ when installing slocate with one that reflects the actual state of
affairs.  This can be done by removing the NETPATHS variable and any export
statements.

------- Comment #1 From Nikolai Weibull 2005-06-29 04:16:43 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=62220) [details]
A cleaned up updatedb.conf file.

This file is a cleaned up updatedb.conf file that reflects the way slocate
actually works.  It also fixes the small usage-problems of the word "which" in
the comments.

------- Comment #2 From SpanKY 2005-07-09 15:41:48 0000 ------- 
we dont copyright config files, but otherwise looks good

sorry for taking so long, now in portage

------- Comment #3 From Nikolai Weibull 2005-07-11 08:47:23 0000 ------- 
No problem.

The copyright is definitely yours.  This is the updatedb.conf that I found on my
system, though cleaned-up as I said.  I haven't added any headers.

------- Comment #4 From SpanKY 2005-07-11 14:01:24 0000 ------- 
many config files still have Gentoo copyright in them; we've been slowly
stripping that out ...