[Bug 271272] Re: updatedb should be weekly, not daily

[Mackenzie Morgan]

Are you referring to a graphical search feature (which should have its own
indexing process) or the locate command?

You can change the configuration on your own system until a decision is made
on this issue.

Maco
On Oct 9, 2011 8:01 AM, "trans" <271272 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> Why hasn't this been done? This is the one issue that has me wanting to
> throw Ubuntu out the window. Every morning at 8am it eats my hard drive
> for breakfast for more than 10 minutes straight. And for what? I've
> tried using ubnutu's search feature and it never finds any thing. So
> what the f is it even doing?
>
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> Title:
>  updatedb should be weekly, not daily
>
> Status in “mlocate” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  This is an enhancement or suggestion to save a little bit of wear and
>  tear on hard disks.
>
>  Basically, I think that a daily update of the locate database is too
>  much.  Most folks don't add *that* many files on a daily basis.  So,
>  why not reduce wear-and-tear on the HDDs by making the update weekly?
>
>  If they do need the locate db updated *right now*, there could be a
>  simple GUI invocation, as through the System->Administration menu.
>
>  Pros:
>
>  - Disk usage is reduced a significant amount for the vast majority of
> end-users (those who do simple web, email, business writing, music
> listening, etc.)
>  - Ubuntu is that much more "green"
>
>  Cons:
>
>  - Locate DB is a little more latent in being up-to-date.
>
>  Modulo the GUI part, implementing this is as simple as moving
>  /etc/cron.daily/mlocate to /etc/cron.weekly/ .
>
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Title:
  updatedb should be weekly, not daily

Status in “mlocate” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This is an enhancement or suggestion to save a little bit of wear and
  tear on hard disks.

  Basically, I think that a daily update of the locate database is too
  much.  Most folks don't add *that* many files on a daily basis.  So,
  why not reduce wear-and-tear on the HDDs by making the update weekly?

  If they do need the locate db updated *right now*, there could be a
  simple GUI invocation, as through the System->Administration menu.

  Pros:

  - Disk usage is reduced a significant amount for the vast majority of end-users (those who do simple web, email, business writing, music listening, etc.)
  - Ubuntu is that much more "green"

  Cons:

  - Locate DB is a little more latent in being up-to-date.

  Modulo the GUI part, implementing this is as simple as moving
  /etc/cron.daily/mlocate to /etc/cron.weekly/ .

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