Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 20:09:24 -0500 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: locate.mklocatedb requires perl which may not be installed Message-ID: <20020623010924.GA52691@luke.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <20020622175547.A98099@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20020622232227.GA50787@luke.immure.com> <20020622175547.A98099@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 05:55:47PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 06:22:27PM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote: > > Rather than simply installing perl (I'll get to that later) > > I decided to track down what was calling it. Turns out that > > /usr/libexec/locate.mklocatedb was the culprit. I then modified > > locate.mklocatedb to use awk rather than perl. Here's the diff: > > Thanks, committed. > BTW, please take care about how your MUA handles ^I's vs. ' '. :-) Hmm, strange. The first awk line had the ^I's converted to spaces and the second one didn't. Digging into this abit deeper, it seems that my MUA (mutt) probably wasn't to blame afterall. It appears that I must have hosed this up myself while editing the file. :-( Bob -- Bob Willcox If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, bob@vieo.com why practice? Austin, TX To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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