Re: findutils -- feature request for database with relative pathnames

2008-09-09 Thread Peter Breitenlohner
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, Miloslav Trma? wrote: Peter Breitenlohner pí?e v Pá 05. 09. 2008 v 15:57 +0200: 2.1 The database format is not modified but slightly reinterpreted as follows: The current implementation cannot contain an empty filename. Thus, adding a dummy empty filename as first database e

Re: findutils -- feature request for database with relative pathnames

2008-09-09 Thread James Youngman
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Peter Breitenlohner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, James Youngman wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Miloslav Trma? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> It might make sense to automatically look for a database on every >>> mounted file system

Re: findutils -- feature request for database with relative pathnames

2008-09-09 Thread Peter Breitenlohner
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, James Youngman wrote: On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Miloslav Trma? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It might make sense to automatically look for a database on every mounted file system (assuming a specific relative path). I don't know whether it should be the default. It pr

Re: findutils -- feature request for database with relative pathnames

2008-09-06 Thread James Youngman
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Miloslav Trmač <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It might make sense to automatically look for a database on every > mounted file system (assuming a specific relative path). I don't know > whether it should be the default. It probably should not, I would guess. Most

Re: findutils -- feature request for database with relative pathnames

2008-09-06 Thread Miloslav Trmač
Hello, just a few comments based on my (unrealized) plans to implement something similar for mlocate: Peter Breitenlohner píše v Pá 05. 09. 2008 v 15:57 +0200: > 2.1 The database format is not modified but slightly reinterpreted as > follows: The current implementation cannot contain an empty file

findutils -- feature request for database with relative pathnames

2008-09-05 Thread Peter Breitenlohner
Hi, I'd like to resubmit the feature request for locate databases with relative pathnames (originally bugzilla #19485), this time updated for git/findutils as of 2008-09-05 (today), as suggested/requested by James Youngman. Attaches are 11 files: Rationale 1. relpath.txt: