Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:33:06 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Give users a hint when their locate database is too small. Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211130731270.43524@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgkXXmSsoPHNVe6RLGpQ1C-qUq_y4YQSo3YgPhAeTdJAyQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgkXXmSsoPHNVe6RLGpQ1C-qUq_y4YQSo3YgPhAeTdJAyQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Eitan Adler wrote: > What do people think of this? Maybe /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb is a > better pointer? > > commit fb03b777daf2c69bb9612902e38fdb25b256be72 > Author: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> > Date: Mon Nov 12 22:05:55 2012 -0500 > > Give users a hint when their locate database is too small. > > Reviwed by: ??? > Approved by: ??? > MFC after: 3 weeks > > diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c > index b0faefb..f0c8c37 100644 > --- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c > +++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c > @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ search_mmap(db, s) > err(1, "`%s'", db); > len = sb.st_size; > if (len < (2*NBG)) > - errx(1, "database too small: %s", db); > + errx(1, "database too small: %s\nTry running /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate", db); > > if ((p = mmap((caddr_t)0, (size_t)len, > PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, > Don't use the unsure "try", just say "Run /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate". And hope it doesn't get renumbered.
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