On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:55:57 +0100 Stuart Henderson
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2010/04/18 14:38, Antti Harri wrote:
> > >It still makes more sense to just match 'filename', either
> > >directory or regular file, as currently (but incorrectly) stated
> > >in the man page. It's the path of least surprise.
> > 
> > You can already do that with the help of pkg_mklocatedb(1).
> > 
> > For a quick use of the resulting database I have:
> > alias pkg_find="locate -d /home/iku/ports.db"
> 
> See also ports/databases/pkglocatedb and the associated package if
> you don't want to build your own (or can't build your own because your
> ports tree is full of Ms and Cs...)

Thanks for the input, but it seems I was not clear. I already know a
few ways to do what I want so that's not the issue.

My *real* questions are:
1.) Should I fix the documentation of the -E switch?
2.) Should I fix the code of the -E switch to match the docs?
3.) Should the -E switch be removed since there are other ways?

One of the above is the right answer, but I don't know which is the
best/preferred way to handle it. I'll happily do the work and submit a
patch but it makes sense to ask first how it should be done.

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