package findutils forcemerge 462675 497956 thanks On 2008-09-05 Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This change was deliberate and is documented; see this note in > /usr/share/doc/findutils/NEWS.Debian.gz:
> findutils (4.2.31-2) unstable; urgency=low > * locate is no longer included in the findutils package. It has been split > off to a separate package "locate". (There are alternative implementations > available, too; see mlocate or slocate.) > -- Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:53:46 +0200 > And as your bug report shows, findutils now suggests "mlocate | locate > | slocate". > That said, I agree that silently losing your locate utility during an > upgrade is a bad thing, and would probably confuse a lot of people. As > such, I wonder if the findutils maintainer should change this Suggests > to Recommends, at least for Lenny. Hello, I have considered it, but intentionally chosen against it. There has been a *long* standing wish to make installation of locate optional, bumping this to a recommends /imho/ stops us from fulfilling this wishlist request. mlocate is now Priority: standard, so you should get it installed (or offered for installation) automatically if you are not using bare apt-get. [1] Downgrading and merging. cu andreas PS: Thanks Graham, for your followup to the bug. [1] I know this happens with dselect, I hope aptitude behaves the same way. -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
