GNU bug report logs - #77037
[PATCH] services: `file-database-mcron-jobs' search updatedb in package field

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Message #19 received at 77037-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Sergio Pastor Pérez <sergio.pastorperez <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 77037-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77037: [PATCH] services: `file-database-mcron-jobs' search
 updatedb in package field
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:00:27 +0200

Sergio Pastor Pérez <sergio.pastorperez <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> `file-database-service-type' appends 'bin/updatedb' path to the `package'
> field provided by `file-database-configuration'. This prevents users from
> using alternate packages which also provide 'updatedb' but in a different
> location.
>
> For example, the `plocate' package installs 'updatedb' in 'sbin/updatedb'.
>
> Fallback to 'sbin/' if 'updatedb' is not found in 'bin/'.
>
> * gnu/services/admin.scm (file-database-mcron-jobs): locate 'updatedb' binary.
>
> Change-Id: Ic741716044be3a8f51a157510f9f923bd66c41d7

Hi!  I update ‘doc/guix.texi’ to match the docstring you changed and
applied it.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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