backuppc does not play nicely with updatedb

[Steve McInerney]

Binary package hint: backuppc

Might be worth adding an exclusion rule to updatedb.conf for the backuppc pool and cpool directories, as part of the install process or similar. If possible?

Noting that locate seemed to be running *really* slowly, on the basis of an educated hunch I excluded the directory where backuppc drops everything (/var/lib/backuppc). Reran updatedb.

End result, the locate db dropped in size from 280Mb to 12Mb.

locate is snappy and fast again. :-)

fwiw, this is on an intrepid-beta system, but would image the problem to be fairly universal ???

Thanks

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

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[Steve McInerney (spm)]

Chuck that wasn't terribly helpful. What information are you requiring? A generic "Needs more information" doesn't help me provide that which is missing.

AFAICT, all the desired information is there.