--- Makefile.am 2009-07-06 00:33:13.000000000 +0200 +++ Makefile.am.new 2010-03-09 00:47:48.000000000 +0100 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ # "tests" is the gnulib unit test dir. -SUBDIRS = gnulib tests build-aux lib find xargs locate doc po m4 +SUBDIRS = gnulib tests build-aux lib find xargs doc po m4 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I gnulib/m4 -I m4 --- Makefile.in 2009-07-07 00:12:25.000000000 +0200 +++ Makefile.in.new 2010-03-09 00:48:35.000000000 +0100 @@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ DISTCLEANFILES = tool-versions.txt # "tests" is the gnulib unit test dir. -SUBDIRS = gnulib tests build-aux lib find xargs locate doc po m4 +SUBDIRS = gnulib tests build-aux lib find xargs doc po m4 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I gnulib/m4 -I m4 TESTFILE_SUFFIXES = .exp .xo .xe .xi all: config.h --- doc/find.texi 2010-04-28 09:20:09.000000000 +0200 +++ doc/find.texi 2010-04-28 09:20:11.000000000 +0200 @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ @c %**end of header @include version.texi -@include ../locate/dblocation.texi @iftex @finalout @@ -570,8 +569,7 @@ entries. Here is how to select which file name databases @code{locate} -searches. The default is system-dependent. At the time this document -was generated, the default was @file{@value{LOCATE_DB}}. +searches. The default is system-dependent. @table @code @item --database=@var{path} @@ -2728,13 +2726,9 @@ directories are indexed by each database file. The default location for the locate database depends on how findutils -is built, but the findutils installation accompanying this manual uses -the default location @file{@value{LOCATE_DB}}. - -If no database exists at @file{@value{LOCATE_DB}} but the user did not -specify where to look (by using @samp{-d} or setting -@code{LOCATE_PATH}), then @code{locate} will also check for a -``secure'' database in @file{/var/lib/slocate/slocate.db}. +is built. If user did not specify where to look (by using @samp{-d} +or setting @code{LOCATE_PATH}), then @code{locate} will also check for +a ``secure'' database in @file{/var/lib/slocate/slocate.db}. @node Database Formats @section Database Formats @@ -3213,8 +3207,7 @@ @item --database=@var{path} @itemx -d @var{path} -Instead of searching the default @code{locate} database -@file{@value{LOCATE_DB}}, @code{locate} searches the file +@code{locate} searches the file name databases in @var{path}, which is a colon-separated list of database file names. You can also use the environment variable @code{LOCATE_PATH} to set the list of database files to search. The @@ -3399,8 +3392,7 @@ is @file{nfs NFS proc}. @item --output=@var{dbfile} -The database file to build. The default is system-dependent, but -when this document was formatted it was @file{@value{LOCATE_DB}}. +The database file to build. @item --localuser=@var{user} The user to search the non-network directories as, using @code{su}. @@ -5359,7 +5351,7 @@ @section Error Messages From @code{locate} @table @samp -@item warning: database @file{@value{LOCATE_DB}} is more than 8 days old +@item warning: database @file{LOCATE_DB} is more than 8 days old The @code{locate} program relies on a database which is periodically built by the @code{updatedb} program. That hasn't happened in a long time. To fix this problem, run @code{updatedb} manually. This can @@ -5367,7 +5359,7 @@ periodic ``cron'' task which normally does this doesn't get a chance to run. -@item locate database @file{@value{LOCATE_DB}} is corrupt or invalid +@item locate database @file{LOCATE_DB} is corrupt or invalid This should not happen. Re-run @code{updatedb}. If that works, but @code{locate} still produces this error, run @code{locate --version} and @code{updatedb --version}. These should produce the same output.