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On 07/25/2007 05:30 PM, Kacper Wysocki wrote:

>>> main question is _why_ the hell it helps updatedb.

> Is that what [ ... ]

And there we go again -- off into blabber-land. Why does swap-prefetch help 
updatedb? Or doesn't it? And if it doesn't, why should anyone trust anything 
else someone who said it does says?

Rene.