Bug#1012619: want /etc/updatedb/updatedb.conf.d/

2022-06-11 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
tags 1012619 + wontfix thanks On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 12:49:09PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > I don't think "if you are bothered by this" is really right. It's > clearly a bug, and it can cause the backups to actually fail. If so, that's a bug on chiark-backup. I do not intend do to put

Bug#1012619: want /etc/updatedb/updatedb.conf.d/

2022-06-11 Thread Ian Jackson
Steinar H. Gunderson writes ("Re: Bug#1012619: want /etc/updatedb/updatedb.conf.d/"): > On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 02:12:50AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > How do you suggest I fix #1012617 ? Sorry for being tetchy. I still think I need to do better here. > I don't know

Bug#1012619: want /etc/updatedb/updatedb.conf.d/

2022-06-11 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 02:12:50AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > How do you suggest I fix #1012617 ? I don't know how your system works (and there's no documentation that I can find), so I'm not in a position to say much about it. (If you use filesystem-level snapshots, PRUNE_BIND_MOUNTS would take

Bug#1012619: want /etc/updatedb/updatedb.conf.d/

2022-06-10 Thread Ian Jackson
Steinar H. Gunderson writes ("Re: Bug#1012619: want /etc/updatedb/updatedb.conf.d/"): > I understand the desire, but what you're asking for is basically making > updatedb.conf into a multi-file language (there's no += at the moment, > for instance), and I think this is

Bug#1012619: want /etc/updatedb/updatedb.conf.d/

2022-06-10 Thread Jacob Nevins
The rsbackup package would also benefit from this -- it keeps snapshots at /var/lib/rsbackup/snapshots.

Bug#1012619: want /etc/updatedb/updatedb.conf.d/

2022-06-10 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 01:00:17PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > The updatedb cron job reads /etc/updatedb.conf. > > I have a package (chiark-backup) which sometimes mounts snapshot volumes in a > predicteable location, and which should not be scanned by updatedb. > I don't want to edit

Bug#1012619: want /etc/updatedb/updatedb.conf.d/

2022-06-10 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: plocate Version: 1.1.8-2~bpo10+1 Control: block 1012617 by -1 The updatedb cron job reads /etc/updatedb.conf. I have a package (chiark-backup) which sometimes mounts snapshot volumes in a predicteable location, and which should not be scanned by updatedb. I don't want to edit