# updatedb immediately returns without any output. An empty, pre-existing /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db file has a 4-byte contents of "1/" after that. With -v flag, the output is: # updatedb -v / After this, # locate file gives the following output: slocate fluky bug found. Ack! This shouldn't happen unless you have a path over 4096. This could also be a bogus or corrupt database. Report this as a bug to klindsay@mkintraweb.com Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. # emerge sys-apps/slocate-2.7-r8 2. # updatedb Actual Results: Nothing - immediate return to prompt without any further output. Expected Results: Should have created a complete /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db database. I am trying to run this on an NSLU2 ("slug") with uclibc: Portage 2.1.3.19 (uclibc/arm, gcc-3.4.6, uclibc-0.9.28.3-r0, 2.6.21.7 armv5teb) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.21.7 armv5teb XScale-IXP42x Family rev 2 (v5b) Timestamp of tree: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:32:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 armeb-softfloat-linux-uclibc (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r6 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.10-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="arm" CBUILD="armeb-softfloat-linux-uclibc" CFLAGS="-march=armv5t -mtune=xscale -Os -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -Wstack-protector -Wformat=2 -DAI_ADDRCONFIG=0x00000400" CHOST="armeb-softfloat-linux-uclibc" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=armv5t -mtune=xscale -Os -pipe -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -Wstack-protector -Wformat=2 -DAI_ADDRCONFIG=0x00000400" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache cups distcc distlocks metadata-transfer nodoc noinfo noman samba sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes --timeout=500" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="arm cli cracklib cups dri midi mudflap ncurses openmp pcre readline reflection samba session spl tcpd uclibc xorg zlib" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="uclibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="dummy fbdev v4l" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS
Created attachment 144272 [details] strace updatedb Maybe this helps?
use slocate-3.1
> use slocate-3.1 see Bug# 209394 :-(
