Locate database problem on PowerPC

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dalizard

Hello. I am running FreeBSD 8.0 on a PowerPC. After running

Code: 
/etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate

the locate command still doesn't work:

Code: 
[root@aphex:~]$ locate emacs
[root@aphex:~]$

Another interesting point is that if I run

Code: 
[root@aphex:~]$ locate root

I get bunch of paths that are either nonexistent or simply bizarre looking:

Code: 
 . . . . . 
/usr/src/Nec
/usr/src/Nec
/usr/src/Nec
/usr/src/Nec
/usr/src/Nec
/usr/src/
 . . . . . 
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/'tols/
/usr/src/'tols/
/usr/src/'tols/
. . . . .

Anyone having any suggestions what might be causing this interesting problem ? I've already deleted the locate database, re-run 310.locate both as root and different users and still the same problem occurs.
 
Code: 
%su
password:
# cd /usr/libexec
#$PWD/locate.updatedb

You need to run it first.

You can also try
Code: 
man locate
and all of the references are in there.
 
@sossego, Thanks for the help, but it still doesn't work. Not sure if this might be helpful:

Code: 
[root@aphex ~]# locate -S wget

Database: /var/db/locate.database
Compression: Front: 18.05%, Bigram: 55.57%, Total: 12.50%
Filenames: 462775, Characters: 29697647, Database size: 3711563
Bigram characters: 1649012, Integers: 17586, 8-Bit characters: 0
 
You're using the flag for the locate database statistics.

Look at
Code: 
man locate
at the use of the flags. Maybe you need the -d and the -i options.
 
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