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Authored by matthew on May 27 2024, 5:06 PM.
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... or install an empty file.

The locate database is a mutable working file, and unsuitable to be
managed by pkg(8). locate(1) copes gracefully with the absence of
this file. Running /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate will create the
locate database with the correct ownership and permissions.

Having the locate.database file as part of the FreeBSD-runtime package
means it gets zeroed if ever that package gets updated, which is
excessive, given that updating packages will typically only change a
relatively small number of the _filenames_ on the system -- unlike the
file contents. Plus it always causes it to flag as modified when
verifying checksums, but /var/db/locate.database is expected to be
modified by the user.

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