[arch-general] findutils and locate

Allan McRae allan at archlinux.org
Sun Apr 15 07:09:11 EDT 2012


On 15/04/12 21:00, Martti Kühne wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 06:33:58PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
>> On 15/04/12 18:15, P .NIKOLIC wrote:
>>> How can i return full function to the findutils and locate  , It was
>>> the best utility for the job and now has been eroded by the supposed
>>> replacements that are a complete failure .
>>>
>>> I want my old locate command back and working as it always used to
>>> never failed to find what i wanted  
>>>
> 
> the fuck, mlocate works fine here, it installs in /usr/bin/locate and
> /usr/bin/updatedb, which both run fine.
> same with findutils.
> 
> actually you're not even posting error output or factual support like from
> -Ql, repo changes or anything else helpful. shame on you.
> 
>>
>> The only way is to switch distros.  Arch is obviously not for you.
>>
> 
> Seriously quit the ...trolling, both of you. The way you are failing at
> complicating things here hurts my intellect. This list isn't 4chan.
> 

It was not trolling but serious advise.  If you can not do basic
research, Arch is not the distribution for you.

Allan


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