Package: mlocate Version: 0.21.1-2 Severity: wishlist Since mlocate writes a new database file each time it updates, it would be nice if there was a compression option.
I would agree that most systems won't have a large database; however I am testing the feasability on an archive filesystem with a large amount of files. For the curioush ere's an ls -l of the database files while updatedb is running: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1179729353 Apr 14 21:36 /archive/archive.db -rw------- 1 root root 948277248 Apr 14 22:06 /archive/archive.db.Mg7tBQ That's about 55 million files. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.5 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages mlocate depends on: ii adduser 3.99 Add and remove users and groups ii libc6 2.7-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries mlocate recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
