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FS#73237 - [plocate] Remove systemd service change notification

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Adrian (adrian5) - Monday, 03 January 2022, 01:18 GMT
Last edited by Morten Linderud (Foxboron) - Saturday, 05 March 2022, 15:29 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Morten Linderud (Foxboron)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The Arch "plocate" package has post-upgrade hook that informs users about the migration away from a prior systemd unit:

> plocate now provides its own "updatedb". plocate-build.service is deprecated and should be removed. Enable plocate-updatedb.timer.

This change is now 2 years old; I think we can assume sysadmins will have gotten the message in the ~17 updates since. If anything, this starts to look like a (misleading) prompt to action where none is required.
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Closed by  Morten Linderud (Foxboron)
Saturday, 05 March 2022, 15:29 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Mark Wagie (yochananmarqos) - Monday, 03 January 2022, 01:44 GMT
The message is there for those migrating from locate to plocate.
Comment by Adrian (adrian5) - Monday, 03 January 2022, 16:11 GMT
@Mark Wagie: It doesn't read like that. It reads like it's about https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/commit/973b3344ec72687020705922539e4eb08926e955

I think it should be removed, or at least rephrased. No other package on my system gives me a prompt to action (unless action is required).
Comment by Morten Linderud (Foxboron) - Monday, 03 January 2022, 19:21 GMT
No, it's for people upgrading between plocate versions.

Yes, I agree it should be gone.
Comment by Adrian (adrian5) - Wednesday, 02 February 2022, 05:07 GMT
Not to nag, but maybe commit this change now before another plocate release happens?

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