Public bug reported: I ran sudo updatedb, seeing locate did not find anything. It basically exited immediately.
strace log attached, no output with updatedb -v either ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: plocate 1.1.15-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-25.25-generic 5.15.30 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu80 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Apr 7 17:37:38 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-14 (1484 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180313) RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks. SourcePackage: plocate UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: plocate (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy rls-jj-incoming third-party-packages ** Attachment added: "plocate.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1968190/+attachment/5577934/+files/plocate.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1968190 Title: updatedb does not really do anything other than stat / To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plocate/+bug/1968190/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs