Bug#494651: dlocate should work with mlocate

2008-08-11 Thread Craig Sanders
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:22:18AM -0400, Ariel wrote: > dlocate doesn't actually walk the disk tree to make it's index right? So > mlocate wouldn't even be faster. that's right. dlocate reads the .list files in /var/lib/dpkg/info craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRI

Bug#494651: dlocate should work with mlocate

2008-08-11 Thread James Youngman
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Ariel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, James Youngman wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Ariel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> I don't want to install locate because that defeats the entire purpose of >>> having mlocate (or slocate) -

Bug#494651: dlocate should work with mlocate

2008-08-11 Thread Ariel
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, James Youngman wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Ariel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't want to install locate because that defeats the entire purpose of having mlocate (or slocate) - not allowing uses to find files they can't see. No, GNU locate has that feature

Bug#494651: dlocate should work with mlocate

2008-08-11 Thread Ariel
retitle 494651 dlocate should work with mlocate/slocate thanks On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Craig Sanders wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 03:02:10AM -0400, Ariel wrote: Is there any way for it to work with mlocate? no. this question has been asked before. unfortunately, it's not possible. As far

Bug#494651: dlocate should work with mlocate

2008-08-11 Thread James Youngman
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Ariel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't want to install locate because that defeats the entire purpose of > having mlocate (or slocate) - not allowing uses to find files they can't > see. No, GNU locate has that feature, and ~always has. The index is built as "

Bug#494651: dlocate should work with mlocate

2008-08-11 Thread Craig Sanders
tag 494651 wontfix stop On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 03:02:10AM -0400, Ariel wrote: > I'm not sure that this is really wishlist, but anyway: > > dlocate requires locate, but does not work with mlocate. that's because mlocate is not the same as locate. > I don't want to install locate because that de

Bug#494651: dlocate should work with mlocate

2008-08-11 Thread Ariel
Package: dlocate Version: 0.5-0.3 Severity: wishlist I'm not sure that this is really wishlist, but anyway: dlocate requires locate, but does not work with mlocate. I don't want to install locate because that defeats the entire purpose of having mlocate (or slocate) - not allowing uses to find f