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findutils package

  1. Bug #332790
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 332790

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Bazilio (bazilio-recast1) wrote :

I can confirm that too
$ sudo sh -x /etc/cron.daily/mlocate
+ set -e
+ [ -x /usr/bin/updatedb.mlocate ]
+ which on_ac_power
+ ON_BATTERY=0
+ on_ac_power
+ [ 0 -eq 1 ]
+ LOCKFILE=/var/lib/mlocate/daily.lock
+ trap rm -f /var/lib/mlocate/daily.lock EXIT
+ [ -e /var/lib/mlocate/daily.lock ]
+ touch /var/lib/mlocate/daily.lock
+ [ -x /usr/bin/ionice ]
+ /usr/bin/ionice -c3 true
+ IONICE=/usr/bin/ionice -c3
+ /usr/bin/ionice -c3 /usr/bin/updatedb.mlocate
+ rm -f /var/lib/mlocate/daily.lock

4GB ram and Intel Core 2Duo T7500 on my Asus G1S. Kubuntu Karmic. Every morning I have to wait while updatedb.mlocate finish its work.