Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:55:02 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Give users a hint when their locate database is too small. Message-ID: <CAF6rxgnA-prOCLh5w56dJBd3UsGMar_-ZYpoBT4OyRadVZAy2A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211130731270.43524@wonkity.com> References: <CAF6rxgkXXmSsoPHNVe6RLGpQ1C-qUq_y4YQSo3YgPhAeTdJAyQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211130731270.43524@wonkity.com>
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On 13 November 2012 09:33, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
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Ack to all. Final patch sent for approval:
commit 33ed38e54bf7c7c5f0531afa5501f501e1a67279
Author: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Date: Mon Nov 12 22:05:55 2012 -0500
Give users a hint when their locate database is too small.
Reviwed by: wblock
Reviewed by: gcooper
Reviwed by: "Lowell Gilbert" <lgfbsd@be-well.ilk.org>
Approved by: cperciva
MFC after: 3 weeks
diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c
index b0faefb..95b3fed 100644
--- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c
+++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ search_mmap(db, s)
err(1, "`%s'", db);
len = sb.st_size;
if (len < (2*NBG))
- errx(1, "database too small: %s", db);
+ errx(1, "database too small: %s\nRun /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb", db);
if ((p = mmap((caddr_t)0, (size_t)len,
PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED,
--
Eitan Adler
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