On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 01:39:14PM -0500, Dave Wagler wrote: > Consider replacing the locate/updatedb part of findutils with the mlocate > package from Red Hat, Inc. > > Quote from the mlocate project home page: > > > mlocate is a new locate implementation. The ‘m’ stands for “merging”: > > updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid rereading most of the file > > system, which makes updatedb faster and does not trash the system caches > > as much. > > > > The locate(1) utility is intended to be completely compatible to slocate. > > It also attempts to be compatible to GNU locate, when it does not > > conflict with slocate compatibility. > > > The link to that home page is: > http://carolina.mff.cuni.cz/~trmac/blog/mlocate/ > > I installed this package in my BLFS system with no errors, and it works > fine. After the first time updatedb is run, it really is much faster than > the original. > > Dave > > Or maybe it could just be made available in BLFS?
If it is just a straight CMMI then there is no particular reason to add it to BLFS. If it provides benefits abut has some wrinkles in how it is built, or if something in the book requires it, then ok. For LFS, locate and updatedb are part of findutils: they come free with find. Adding an extra package to LFS doesn't make a lot of sense in this case. OTOH, it sounds interesting and I might take a look at trying it on my server some time in the future, maybe after all my ToDo list is complete ;-) ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
