Description of problem: updatedb fails to run, it trips an assertion. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora release 7.90 (Rawhide) mlocate-0.16-1 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. run "updatedb" as root Actual results: updatedb: src/updatedb.c:721: scan_cwd: Asserion 'name_size > 1' failed. Aborted Expected results: database is built. Additional info: #0 0x00002aaaaacf7895 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00002aaaaacf9340 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x00002aaaaacf0c9f in __assert_fail () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #3 0x000000000040469d in scan (path=0x6133c0 "/sys/module/nousb/parameters", cwd_fd=0x7fff7b3e93e8, st_parent=<value optimized out>, relative=0x6121f9 "parameters") at src/updatedb.c:721 #4 0x0000000000403b6d in scan (path=<value optimized out>, cwd_fd=0x7fff7b3ea5e8, st_parent=<value optimized out>, relative=0x611fb9 "nousb") at src/updatedb.c:545 #5 0x0000000000403b6d in scan (path=<value optimized out>, cwd_fd=0x7fff7b3eb7e8, st_parent=<value optimized out>, relative=0x611579 "module") at src/updatedb.c:545 #6 0x0000000000403b6d in scan (path=<value optimized out>, cwd_fd=0x7fff7b3ec9e8, st_parent=<value optimized out>, relative=0x611489 "sys") at src/updatedb.c:545 #7 0x0000000000403b6d in scan (path=<value optimized out>, cwd_fd=0x7fff7b3edc6c, st_parent=<value optimized out>, relative=0x406a69 ".") at src/updatedb.c:545 #8 0x0000000000404ba5 in main (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>) at src/updatedb.c:965 #9 0x00002aaaaace4d58 in __libc_start_main () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #10 0x0000000000401c49 in _start ()
hmmm, ok, this now working and I can't reproduce it. I was playing with different gnome themes prior to the problem, now I've reverted back to the default theme, closed xterm and reopened it, now updatedb is working... strange...
Thanks for your report. This bug is arelady tracked as #242715. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 242715 ***