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Status for findutils/4.11.0-3

Patch Description Author Forwarded Bugs Origin Last update
0001-updatedb-prefer-runuser-1-over-su-1.patch updatedb: prefer runuser(1) over su(1)
The manpage of su(1) suggests better using runuser(1) in cases where
the invoking process is already privileged.

* locate/updatedb.sh (updatedbuserchange): Add shell variable and set it
to 'runuser' if which(1) finds it (via PATH). Use this variable in the
main code and in the select_shell function.

Suggested by Andreas Metzler in
https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?68587		 Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de> no 2026-08-08
0010_no_test_runuser_-s.diff runuser has always supported -s
Avoid running a useless test that causes a write to syslog.		 Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org> yes vendor 2026-09-25

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