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On Sunday 02 November 2003 20:01, Brad House wrote: |
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> Commenting below: |
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> >> -------------------------------- |
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> >> Scenario 1: slocate and updatedb |
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> >> 1) Remove slocate from base system |
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> >> 2) Remove makewhatis from daily cron duties |
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> >> 3) Remove updatedb from daily cron duties |
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> >> I'm probably not alone in the fact that I never use slocate and given |
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> >> fixed location of package files and other files in gentoo finding |
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> >> things is easier than other distros especially given qpkg -l and |
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> >> etcat -f. |
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> I do not agree with removing this stuff. I think it should be default. |
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> This is basic stuff that I've seen every other distro do as well, and |
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> I would consider this to be standardized. Though maybe what I would |
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> recommend doing is adding documentation in the install guide that |
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> will allow you to prevent this from being added to the cron, or |
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> removing from the cron. For those people who obviously don't know |
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> how to remove a cron job without complaining. |
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I think the Gentoo team should consider giving the user a way of configuring |
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packages to not install certain cron jobs upon install. For instance, I |
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have a Tecra 8000 laptop that I use every once in a while. After the |
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laptop completes booting, I cannot use it for 30 minutes to a hour because |
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the makewhatis and updatedb (or slocate) cron jobs kick off after booting |
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and drag the system to a crawl. |
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And yes, I know I can just remove the cron jobs but by the time I'm done |
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with the laptop I forget to remove them. Also, the cron jobs will get |
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installed again when their packages are upgraded. |
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Better yet. Why not do some magic in portage to run makewhatis and updatedb |
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automagically after a world or system update -- maybe as a FEATURES setting |
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-- and remove the cron jobs altogether. After all, 90% - 99% of the time |
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files and man pages are only added to Gentoo systems when emerging packages |
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(Hmm. deja-Vu). |
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I think it is pointless to run programs to update databases that don't need |
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it, which is for the most part the current configuration. Note, Gentoo |
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isn't the only distro using package management tools that does this. |
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