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Date:      Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:15:07 +0200
From:      Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/locate/locate updatedb.sh
Message-ID:  <4716350B.90004@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071017122837.GM31826@elvis.mu.org>
References:  <200710152209.l9FM9Jv3017150@repoman.freebsd.org> <20071016102013.GE23043@submonkey.net> <4714F06B.7070702@FreeBSD.org> <20071016225906.GK23043@submonkey.net> <20071017122837.GM31826@elvis.mu.org>

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Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> [071016 15:59] wrote:
>> While userland can tell if a filesystem is pseudo or not, (see lsvfs),
>> I'm not sure that we can reliably tell whether a device is removable or
>> not (cf. my camera, USB key, iPod, etc.).
> 
> fstab(5) gives some hints, "noauto" would be a giveaway as well as
> value of 0 for 'fs_passno' is also a hint.

Hmmm, file systems with noauto could be added to $PRUNEPATHS, I guess.
But I'm against too much magic behind the scenes, since that may lead
to violation of the POLA. I'll give it a try, anyway ...

Other sub-directories exist that should be kept out of the locate db
like /var/spool for example. Probably there are many more ...

Regards, STefan



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