On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Eitan Adler wrote:
What do people think of this? Maybe /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb is a
better pointer?
commit fb03b777daf2c69bb9612902e38fdb25b256be72
Author: Eitan Adler <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Nov 12 22:05:55 2012 -0500
Give users a hint when their locate database is too small.
Reviwed by: ???
Approved by: ???
MFC after: 3 weeks
diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c
index b0faefb..f0c8c37 100644
--- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c
+++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ search_mmap(db, s)
err(1, "`%s'", db);
len = sb.st_size;
if (len < (2*NBG))
- errx(1, "database too small: %s", db);
+ errx(1, "database too small: %s\nTry running
/etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate", db);
if ((p = mmap((caddr_t)0, (size_t)len,
PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED,
Don't use the unsure "try", just say
"Run /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate".
And hope it doesn't get renumbered.
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