Package: mlocate
Version: 0.22.2-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
For the daily updatedb runs I want to use the default '/etc/updatedb.conf' file
and add some local options on some servers.
I know that I can change the /etc/updatedb.conf file, but that forces me to
edit or review the file on each upgrade, but if you add support for a
/etc/default/updatedb.mlocate file I can add aditional options on this file
and leave the default configuration alone.
I'm attaching a patch that adds support for this; note that I used the
'/etc/default/updatedb.mlocate' name because that is the name of the binary,
but maybe '/etc/default/mlocate' could be a better option.
Thanks in advance,
Sergio.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ca_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages mlocate depends on:
ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups
ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
mlocate recommends no packages.
mlocate suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
diff -u mlocate-0.22.2/debian/mlocate.cron.daily mlocate-0.22.2/debian/mlocate.cron.daily
--- mlocate-0.22.2/debian/mlocate.cron.daily
+++ mlocate-0.22.2/debian/mlocate.cron.daily
@@ -30,7 +30,16 @@
+OPTIONS=""
+DEFAULTS="/etc/default/updatedb.mlocate"
+
+if [ -f "$DEFAULTS" ]; then
+ . "$DEFAULTS"
+fi
+
+##
+
# See ionice(1)
if [ -x /usr/bin/ionice ] &&
/usr/bin/ionice -c3 true 2>/dev/null; then
IONICE="/usr/bin/ionice -c3"
fi
-$IONICE /usr/bin/updatedb.mlocate
+$IONICE /usr/bin/updatedb.mlocate $OPTIONS
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- mlocate-0.22.2.orig/debian/README
+++ mlocate-0.22.2/debian/README
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Notes about the mlocate debian package
+======================================
+
+If you want to change the options of the daily updatedb run you can modify the
+'/etc/updatedb.conf', but if you want to keep the default values you can also
+generate an '/etc/default/updatedb.mlocate' file that declares an OPTIONS
+variable that is used on the 'updatedb' invocation.
+
+If you want to keep the standard PRUNEPATHS and also ignore the '/export'
+directory you can use this '/etc/default/updatedb.mlocate' file:
+
+ OPTIONS="--add-prunepaths /export"
+
+For a complete list of options see updatedb(8).
