/usr/bin/updatedb might point to /etc/alternatives/updatedb which
points to another updatedb binary. When testing for precense of
/usr/bin/updatedb the test might fail because test(1) dereferences
symbolic links. So make sure to check existence of updatedb
binary inside $target using $ROOTCMD.
-if ! [ -x $target/usr/bin/updatedb ] ; then
+if ! $ROOTCMD test -x /usr/bin/updatedb ; then
echo "Warning: updatedb not installed"
else
echo "Updating locate-database"
echo "Warning: updatedb not installed"
else
echo "Updating locate-database"