[ltp] Problem with updatedb

[Buchan Milne]

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Bernard DEBREIL wrote:
> Hi to everyone,
>
> Every now and then, but more often than not, my system (RedHat 7.2 on a
> TP600, RAM 128MB) automatically performs an 'updatedb'. The process takes
> several minutes, time during which every other task is being reduced to
> near zero speed. At times, it is becoming very annoying.
>

Turn off anacron, which runs tasks that haven't been run a few minutes
after boot:

# chkconfig anacron off

BTW, you can use the locate db in KDE, via locate://<pattern> if you
have kio_locate installed.

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