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From: Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fcron driving me crazy
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:54:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C6E1811F-5C73-4E20-BD06-FA982FBC5AA9@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081008031038.GA29106@solfire>


On 8 Oct 2008, at 04:10, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> ...
> every fcron is starting updatedb. I dont need this service on a
> daily basis. I am starting updatedb by hand if I need a fresh db.
> But I need a full fcron installed for other purposes, so I need
> to find the script, which tells fcron to start updatedb.

If you don't know where the above script is...

> I have tried to disable all scripts, but it seems, that I am
> not able to do so ;)
>
> I edited also roots fcrontab and my own fcrontab to not
> to start updatedb -- they are fixed.

... then why did you do this? What did you edit & what were the results?

> My question: Where are other "things" installed, which
> trigger updatedb on a daily basis?

/etc/cron.daily/slocate

It is put there by sys-apps/slocate itself. You can move it to  
cron.weekly if you prefer (although frankly, I don't know why this  
would upset you so much). 



  reply	other threads:[~2008-10-08  5:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-08  3:10 [gentoo-user] fcron driving me crazy meino.cramer
2008-10-08  5:54 ` Stroller [this message]
2008-11-04 14:15   ` Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto

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