findutils-4.4.0 -- feature request for databases with relative pathnames (fwd)

Peter Breitenlohner <pebmppmu.mpg.de>

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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:50:37 +0200 (CEST)
From: Peter Breitenlohner <pebmppmu.mpg.de>
To: James Youngman <jaygnu.org>
Subject: findutils-4.4.0 -- feature request for databases
with relative
     pathnames

Hi,

you might remember mail on this same subject from Oct 2006.
Somewhat later I
posted a feature request (bugzilla #19485), but so far I got
no reaction.

Hereby I'd like to resubmit this request (updated to
findutils-4.4.0).
Attached are 9 files:

relpath.txt: a short description

patch-02-relpath-locate: implementation in locate
 	This is, unfortunately, somewhat intertwined with
 	changes to make slocate databases working

patch-03-relpath-frcode: implementation in frcode

patch-04-relpath-updatedb: implementation in updatedb

patch-05-relpath-testcase: 2 test cases (1 for slocate)

patch-06-relpath-doc: texinfo documentation

patch-15-relpath-testcase: generated

patch-16-relpath-doc: generated

ChangeLog: proposed ChangeLog entry

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I'd appreciate comments on the whole thing. If it is
acceptable in principle
I'll gladly initiate the FSF paperwork.

regards
Peter Breitenlohner <pebmppmu.mpg.de>