Package: mlocate Version: 0.26 Severity: normal aahhh.... please ignore this non-bug
shell aliases (of my 'abcde' search string) that I was unaware of were messing with locate, leading to these messed up results | > Package: mlocate > Version: 0.26 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > > If I run > mlocate abcde > > I am returned a short list of files, with obvious omissions. 19 files in > my real-world example > > If I run > mlocate -b abcde > I am returned a longer list of files; 194 files in my real world example > > If I run > mlocate --wholename abcde > I am returned 1780 files. > > > mlocate's action without either -b or --wholename is completely broken. > mlocate should default to either -b or to --wholename > The default behaviour should be documented in the man page. > > > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: stretch/sid > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: > LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
