On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 02:10:33PM +0000, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
I have just installed plocate to try it on F34, and got:
warning: /etc/updatedb.conf saved as /etc/updatedb.conf.rpmsave
I reviewed the changes, and the new file is empty. Users will notice the difference. Is that expected? Is it because I'm still on F34?
I think rpm is saving the file because if was declared as %config(noreplace) by mlocate. So when you install plocate, mlocate gets uninstalled, and rpm moves the file out of the way. plocate just declares %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/updatedb.conf, because there is no need for the file. If I understand correctly, rpm created an empty file for you. I don't know why it would do that. Anyway, if the the %ghost is not appropriate, or it should be some more complex incantation, suggests are welcome.
Also, the plocate-updatedb service was not started after installing it, so I can't use locate until the DB is created. Is that expected? Does it wait until the timer runs it?
Do you have fedora-release-common-34-39 installed? The service should run once immediately after the installation.
Zbyszek