* 2025-04-27 13:32:45-0400, Haines Brown wrote: > I did a new installation of Debian and installed the locate pachage. > But when I use it, nothing is retured:
> I know locate can be slow, but I waited a sufficient time. I suspect
> locate has to build a database, but my system has been running a week.
Some automatic services don't run when the computer is on laptop's
battery, instead of AC power. For example:
# /lib/systemd/system/plocate-updatedb.service
[Unit]
Description=Update the plocate database
ConditionACPower=true
That ConditionACPower=true line is on many service units. The associated
timer event triggers normally the service unit does nothing on laptop's
battery power.
I usually override those ConditionACPower=true conditions with an
override file like this:
# /etc/systemd/system/plocate-updatedb.service.d/override.conf
[Unit]
ConditionACPower=
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