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Date:      Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:43:21 -0500 (EST)
From:      Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
To:        Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Give users a hint when their locate database is too small.
Message-ID:  <alpine.GSO.1.10.1211141642230.2164@multics.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgnu29BVYoNx2WE2K%2B2eab602qDGdnUYSXiuqyAZrwwD%2Bw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2012, Eitan Adler wrote:

> On 14 November 2012 11:32, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         if (len < (2*NBG))
>>>> -               errx(1, "database too small: %s", db);
>>>> +               errx(1, "database too small: %s\nRun
>>>> /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb", db);
>>>
>>>
>>> That looks longer than 80 characters, a limit given implicitly in style.9.
>
> I think he meant the source line is too long.

Indeed.  Apparently alpine wrapped it for my reply; I'm not sure why.

-Ben



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