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On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:28:48 +0100, David W Noon wrote: |
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> >You have picked an excellent example, because mlocate is not the |
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> >package that owns or has owned /etc/updatedb.conf, slocate does too. |
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> Wrong. |
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> One can (well, could) only have one of slocate and mlocate installed at |
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> any given time. Whichever one is installed owns /etc/updatedb.conf, |
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Even if that package did not install the file? Are you now saying that |
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packages can assume ownership of files they did not install? |
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You may need to read the salient parts of my post that you chose not to |
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quote to understand this. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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