man-db: cache handling

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Aug  3 22:36, waterlan wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen schreef op 2014-07-30 17:52:
> >Chris, ping?
> 
> It is summer vacation time...

True.


> >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.

Yes, that seems a bit too heavy for the postinstall.


Corinna

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