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updatedb reports error in non-existant /etc/mtab


Hi,

I'm trying to run updatedb and keep getting this error message:

   $ updatedb
   /usr/bin/find: error in /etc/mtab: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts: 
   No such file or directory

Host system is Win2kSP2, Cygwin 1.3.12 (not a full installation, e.g. no X):

   $ uname -a
   CYGWIN_NT-5.0 RHINO 1.3.12(0.54/3/2) 2002-07-06 02:16 
   i686 unknown

A perusal of the /usr/bin/updatedb script yields no references to
'/etc/mtab'; /etc/mtab does not exist in any case.

According to setup.exe the version of Findutils I have installed is 4.1.7-4.

If I create an empty '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts' directory updatedb runs and
creates a locatedb.

I see from searching the mailing list archives there have been some other
problems with updatedb[0], perhaps this is related.

0. "/usr/bin/find: /foo/.. changed during execution of 
   /usr/bin/find"

cheers,


-matt
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