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Date:      Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:55:02 -0500
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Give users a hint when their locate database is too small.
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On 13 November 2012 09:33, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
...

Ack to all. Final patch sent for approval:

commit 33ed38e54bf7c7c5f0531afa5501f501e1a67279
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:	wblock
    Reviewed by:	gcooper
    Reviwed by:	"Lowell Gilbert" <lgfbsd@be-well.ilk.org>
    Approved by:	cperciva
    MFC after:	3 weeks

diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c
index b0faefb..95b3fed 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\nRun /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb", db);

 	if ((p = mmap((caddr_t)0, (size_t)len,
 		      PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED,

-- 
Eitan Adler



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