Submitted By: Zack Winkles <winkie@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: 2004-02-08
Initial Package Version: 4.1.20
Origin: Debian findutils_4.1.20-3.diff.gz
Description: updatedb(1) silently fails when --localuser specifies and
	user without a valid login shell.

diff -Naur findutils-4.1.20.orig/locate/updatedb.sh findutils-4.1.20/locate/updatedb.sh
--- findutils-4.1.20.orig/locate/updatedb.sh	2003-05-24 14:36:25.000000000 -0400
+++ findutils-4.1.20/locate/updatedb.sh	2004-02-08 16:32:11.467697536 -0500
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
 # You can set these in the environment, or use command-line options,
 # to override their defaults:
 
+# Shell to use
+: ${SHELL="/bin/sh"}
+
 # Non-network directories to put in the database.
 : ${SEARCHPATHS="/"}
 
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@
 {
 if test -n "$SEARCHPATHS"; then
   if [ "$LOCALUSER" != "" ]; then
-    su $LOCALUSER -c \
+    su $LOCALUSER -s $SHELL -c \
     "$find $SEARCHPATHS \
      \\( $prunefs_exp \
      -type d -regex '$PRUNEREGEX' \\) -prune -o -print"
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@
 {
 if test -n "$SEARCHPATHS"; then
   if [ "$LOCALUSER" != "" ]; then
-    su $LOCALUSER -c \
+    su $LOCALUSER -s $SHELL -c \
     "$find $SEARCHPATHS \
      \( $prunefs_exp \
      -type d -regex '$PRUNEREGEX' \) -prune -o -print"