Re: Locate & whatis on new install.

["Daniel Ouellet" <daniel@presscom.net>]

> $ fgrep whatis.db /usr/src/distrib/sets/lists/*/*
> /usr/src/distrib/sets/lists/base/mi:./usr/share/man/whatis.db
> $ fgrep whatis.db XF4/distrib/sets/lists/*/*
> XF4/distrib/sets/lists/xbase/mi:./usr/X11R6/man/whatis.db
> 
> Err, they're here.

You are right and I am wrong. When I stared to write my email, I had only
put the 'locate' one and then to be sure, I ran the weekly script to verify
the name, etc. Then I saw it built the whatis db. I then added the 'whatis'
to my comments on 'locate' wrongly assuming it wasn't done as well as
'locate' wasn't. I should have known better!

Sorry at assuming that.

> As to mklocatedb, I'm wondering what's the value of a locatedb on a fresh
> install... the only place where maybe it makes sense is mentioning this
> in afterboot(8). You probably want to be aware it exists after finishing
> setting up your machine.

Agreed as it would be temporary anyway, but that was just a thought. Not a
big deal really. Sometime I just used locate on new install and as it wasn't
there, I simply built it. I didn't know however the first time and I search
about it, juts to find out it was there a few days later not really knowing
where it came from. That was a few years ago, but just though to suggest it,
nothing else.

Sorry about my miss assumption above however on the whatis db.

That was bad of me and I stand corrected!

Daniel