Excerpts from Debian Bug Tracking System's message of Fri Feb 11 14:45:11 +0100 2011: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the dlocate package: > > #612899: dlocate: does not install /usr/bin/locate > > It has been closed by Craig Sanders <c...@taz.net.au>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Craig Sanders > <c...@taz.net.au> by > replying to this email. > > dlocate is *NOT* a replacement for, or a variant of, locate. > > it would be a bug id it DID claim to be an alternative for /usr/bin/locate > > read the package description: > > Description: fast alternative to dpkg -L and dpkg -S > Uses GNU grep and text dumps of dpkg's data to greatly speed up finding out > which > package a file belongs to (i.e. a very fast dpkg -S). Many other uses, > including options to view all files in a package, calculate disk space > used, view and check md5sums, list man pages, etc. > > craig > > Package: dlocate > Version: 1.02 > Severity: normal > > > After upgrade from Lenny to Squeeze I got dlocate. > > Unlike the previous locate variants to which I got upgraded this way > dlocate does not install /usr/bin/locate alternative. > >
Indeed, it works as locate alternative only for files installed by a package. Since my locate was uninstalled and I got dlocate I mistook it for another locate replacement like mlocate or slocate which would automagically replace it in the past. Thanks Michal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
