Adeodato Simó <d...@net.com.org.es> wrote: > I wanted to gather some opinions on this matter. I've recently applied > to the mlocate package a patch I received to skip running the daily > update of the database if the system is running on batteries.
> When that happens, the daily cron script emits a warning like "System on > battery power, not running updatedb." I think it's going to be bad > emitting that warning each time mlocate skips running updatedb, because > it could be a lot of times. > On the other hand, I don't like the idea of being completely silent, > because the database could go un-updated for a long time without the > user ever knowing why. [...] IMHO the right thing to would be for mlocate (in locate mode, not in updatedb mode) to issue a warning if the DB was too old instead of the way you suggested. cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
