Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 302201
updatedb.conf prunepaths error
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:12:16 EST
Description of problem: updatedb fails with an assertion error when run from command line Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mlocate 0.18 How reproducible: completely Steps to Reproduce: 1.from root terminal enter "updatedb" Actual results: aborts with this message: updatedb: src/updatedb.c:730: scan_cwd: Assertion `name_size > 1' failed. Expected results: silent completion Additional info: Here is the fix: Both F8test1 and F8test2 deliver /etc/updatedb.conf with this config statement: PRUNEPATHS = "/afs /media /net /sfs /tmp /udev /var/spool/cups /var/spool/squid /var/tmp" The 4th element is wrong. After changing to "/sys" the problem is avoided. I found a mention of this in 242715, but felt it might have been overlooked. It seems that this error can manifest from multiple potential sources when scanning deep into the system. I straced my instance to the /usr/share/locale/ directory but didn't get as far as the exact causer.
Thanks for your report. As https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=242715#c21 says, /sfs is separate from /sys. The invalid dentry in /sys should be fixed in the kernel, adding /sys is just a work-around. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 242715 ***