GNU bug report logs - #64471
[PATCH 0/2] File database update services

Previous Next

Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 10:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log


View this message in rfc822 format

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: 64471 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Subject: [bug#64471] [PATCH 0/2] File database update services
Date: Wed,  5 Jul 2023 11:59:44 +0200
Hi!

These patches add two system services to periodically update file
databases: one for 'updatedb', and one for 'guix locate --update'.

I did not add them to '%base-services' mainly because: (1) 'updatedb'
builds a database of all the files available on the system, which
can be a problem on multi-user systems, and (2) the 'guix locate'
service is quite expensive ('time-machine' + 'store' method by
default) and eventually users may often download a pre-built database
from ci.guix or similar.

Thoughts?

Ludo'.

Ludovic Courtès (2):
  services: Add 'file-database' service.
  services: Add 'package-database' service.

 doc/guix.texi          | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 gnu/services/admin.scm | 116 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 226 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


base-commit: c4a836f65d178786a5dd1f7c2d9491bb2c7482b3
-- 
2.40.1





This bug report was last modified 1 year and 347 days ago.

Previous Next


GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.