Re: man-db: cache handling

[waterlan <waterlan at xs4all dot nl>]

Corinna Vinschen schreef op 2014-07-30 17:52:
> Chris, ping?

It is summer vacation time...

> On Jul 22 11:12, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
> > Chris,
> >
> > There are a few issues with the current man-db setup:
> >
> > 1) the cache is not strictly necessary for operation of man(1);
> >
> > 2) mandb -c is quite slow with a large number of manpages (~20min on 
> > my
> > system)
> >
> > 3) generating the cache only during man-db postinstall doesn't help 
> > for
> > manpages updated or added between man-db releases.
> >
> > Therefore, we need to discuss further how to best handle the man-db
> > cache.  In the meantime, to help avoid user complaints, could you ship 
> > a
> > new release without the postinstall/preremove?

I agree. The indexing should be removed from the post install.

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Erwin Waterlander
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