Re: is there any value to pruning /udev in /etc/updatedb.conf?

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/06/18 04:51, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> just noticed in /etc/updatedb.conf in F27, the snippet:
>
> PRUNEPATHS = "... /udev ..."
>
> not sure if /udev ever existed in fedora, but i think it's safe to
> say, it's not there now and probably won't be any time in the near
> future. and even though it doesn't *hurt* to have extraneous directory
> names in that list, is there any compelling reason to keep it there?

You probably don't have /net, /var/spool/squid on your system.  But you may know of a
package or process that would create them.  So, removing them may cause an issue for
you should you make changes to your system at some point.  The same could possibly be
said about /udev.

Making changes for the sake of making changes is rarely a good idea.