locate

Binary packages in stable

Description

maintain and query an index of a directory tree

Dependencies amd64

Depends

findutils (>> 4.2.31-1), libc6 (>= 2.38)

Source package

Name

findutils

Version

4.10.0-3

Maintainer

Andreas Metzler

Homepage

https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/

Repository

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/findutils

Bugs (11 open)

Each bug opens in the Debian bug tracking system, which holds its message log and current state.

• #1134480 important updatedb no longer working because of changes in su on bugs.debian.org pending source findutils by Nicolas George reported 20 Apr 2026 updated 21 Apr 2026 patch
• #835473 important locate: better management of snapshot FS (zfs,btrfs) on bugs.debian.org pending source findutils by Cedric BRINER reported 26 Aug 2016 updated 26 Aug 2016
• #776187 normal locate: updatedb cron job hides error output from updatedb but still fails on bugs.debian.org pending source findutils by Paul Wise reported 25 Jan 2015 updated 22 Sep 2021
• #724577 normal locate: Should also ignore bind mounts on bugs.debian.org pending source findutils by Samuel Thibault reported 25 Sep 2013 updated 25 Sep 2013
• #711150 normal locate: nfs4 should be (and is no longer, again) included in list of excluded filesystems on bugs.debian.org pending source findutils by Steve Lane reported 5 Jun 2013 updated 5 Jun 2013
• #654860 normal locate: updatedb's sort process generates large amount of temporary data on bugs.debian.org forwarded source findutils by Attila Kinali reported 6 Jan 2012 updated 6 Jan 2012 forwarded to savannah.gnu.org patchupstream
• #585741 normal /etc/cron.daily/locate should exclude curlftpfs by default on bugs.debian.org pending source findutils by Robbert Kouprie reported 13 Jun 2010 updated 13 Jun 2010
• #522143 minor locate: /etc/cron.d/daily is too heavy for modern large disks on bugs.debian.org pending source findutils by Jari Aalto reported 1 Apr 2009 updated 22 Sep 2021
• #1120051 wishlist locate: check for empty `LOCALUSER' in `/etc/cron.daily/locate' on bugs.debian.org pending source findutils by Farblos reported 4 Nov 2025 updated 4 Nov 2025
• #285201 wishlist [Fwd: findutils: Updating locatedb less often should be configureable more conveniently. on bugs.debian.org pending source findutils by Andreas Krüger reported 11 Dec 2004 updated 4 Sep 2010 wontfix
• #100781 wishlist locate unusable when installed (db created only at next cron run) on bugs.debian.org pending source findutils by Galen Hancock reported 14 Jun 2001 updated 4 Sep 2010