Le 28 janvier 2025 12:40:04 GMT+01:00, "Jakub Klinkovský" 
<lahwa...@archlinux.org> a écrit :
>On 28.01.25 at 10:21 (UTC+0100), Robin Candau wrote:
>> On 1/28/25 9:58 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
>> > On 1/28/25 9:23 AM, Allan McRae wrote:
>> 
>> >  > 1) Importing from the docker image is good, but it strips a lot of files
>> >  > (i.e. all documentation).  It took me ages to work out why there was no
>> >  > man pages!  I do not think a WSL install should do that.
>> >  >
>> > 
>> > I guess we could install `man-db` as part of the "first setup" script.
>> 
>> Or rather, ship a modified pacman.conf accordingly in the tarball and
>> (re-)install / run whatever is necessary afterwards from the first setup
>> script.
>> 
>
>The problem is not a missing man-db package, but these NoExtract
>definitions:
>
>https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archlinux-docker/-/blob/master/pacman-conf.d-noextract.conf
>

Indeed, this is why I mentionned shipping a modified pacman.conf accordingly 
afterwards.
Thanks!

>This calls for a separate base image for WSL rather than reinstalling
>everything as part of the first-setup script.

Sure. Using the Docker image as a base provided an easy & straightforward path 
for tinkering with it during my test, but if a separate / dedicated base image 
for WSL turns out to be more appropriate, that's fine by me :)

Regards,
Robin Candau / Antiz

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