Have you tried mlocate? It has a much more sane updatedb, reading only the changes to the filesystem.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fedorahosted.org&#x2F;mlocate&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fedorahosted.org&#x2F;mlocate&#x2F;</a>