Re: gEDA-user: 20050329 install problem

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 03 April 2005 22:35, Marvin Dickens wrote:
>On Sunday 03 April 2005 20:24, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Sunday 03 April 2005 18:48, Marvin Dickens wrote:
>> >On Sunday 03 April 2005 18:15, Gene Heskett wrote:
[...]

>> Thats called 'updatedb' on *most* distros.
>
>Yes, it is. However, it doesn't work as advertised on most distro's.

Oh?  It seems to be doing a crackerjack job of keeping my 'locate' 
database in synch with reality here.

[...]

>> Only by the most egregarious violators paying the price as they
>> fold.
>
>Perhaps, this is debatable. For instance, RH, SuSE and Mandrake are
> all guilty. RH and SuSE are financially healthy - For sure.
> Mandrake appears  like it will probably make it (At least, for the
> forseeable future).

Well, I'll admit I was looking at the problem through rose tinted 
glasses, wishing it was an ideal world.  And we all know it 
"taint" :-)

[...]

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