man-db: cache handling

[waterlan]

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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