From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [69.77.167.62] (helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KnRzv-0001Uv-VS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:54:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 36EC5E0698; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 05:54:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E42A3E0698 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 05:54:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 08 Oct 2008 06:54:08 +0100 Received: from funf.stroller.uk.eu.org (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EEBA137A88 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:54:06 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20081008031038.GA29106@solfire> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fcron driving me crazy Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:54:01 +0100 References: <20081008031038.GA29106@solfire> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) X-Archives-Salt: 7264c5bd-1d19-4979-8159-d9f6e6c8c922 X-Archives-Hash: 1f826b576ee9f44eb6cc191785f4d2a5 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).