Bug#577399: python-central: Uses dlocate to locate files

2010-04-21 Thread Vincent Danjean
Hi, Please, do *not* use dlocate to locate files. I've several computers (HPC cluster) where the dlocate database has been disabled (so there is a database but it is totally outdated). Use documented dpkg interfaces if you have to ask for some information. And do not remove any dangling symlin

Bug#577399: python-central: Uses dlocate to locate files

2010-04-11 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
It was my idea to use dlocate to speed up the trigger. Dangling symlinks are leftovers from packages built with python-central < 0.6.8 and these packages don't ship these symlinks in the package, so old dlocate database doesn't hurt (actually, it makes the trigger work even better, see below). Th

Bug#577399: python-central: Uses dlocate to locate files

2010-04-11 Thread Josselin Mouette
Package: python-central Version: 0.6.16 Severity: serious Starting from version 0.6.16, python-central uses dlocate to locate files in packages. However, the dlocate database is not guaranteed, at all, to be up-to-date. It is only updated daily by a cron job. Hiding the design flaws (that requi