Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mlocate
According to the list of files in the mlocate package <http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/i386/mlocate/filelist>, it provides /etc/updatedb.conf. But after I upgraded from Feisty to Hardy (8.04), updatedb stopped working, and eventually I figured out that it was because the mlocate package, which has replaced the previous implementation of locate, didn't replace the previous implementation's /etc/updatedb.conf file with its own, and it doesn't understand the old conf file: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo updatedb updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:4: unknown variable `FINDOPTIONS' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:5: unknown variable `export' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:8: unknown variable `export' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:11: unknown variable `export' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:13: unknown variable `NETPATHS' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:14: unknown variable `export' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:16: unknown variable `LOCALUSER' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:17: unknown variable `export' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:20: unknown variable `NICE' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:21: unknown variable `export' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:24: unknown variable `IONICE_CLASS' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:25: unknown variable `export' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:27: unknown variable `IONICE_PRIORITY' updatedb:/etc/updatedb.conf:28: unknown variable `export' Even when I moved the old file out of the way and reinstalled mlocate, it still didn't install the file: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mv /etc/updatedb.conf /etc/updatedb.conf.old [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install mlocate Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/43.9kB of archives. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? (Reading database ... 140566 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mlocate 0.18-2ubuntu1 (using .../mlocate_0.18-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mlocate ... Setting up mlocate (0.18-2ubuntu1) ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll /etc/updatedb.conf ls: cannot access /etc/updatedb.conf: No such file or directory If download the package, manually extract the file from it, and then install the file, updatedb runs fine. ** Affects: mlocate (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- mlocate package doesn't install /etc/updatedb.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238062 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
