Michael DePaulo writes:
> Consider the example of where I work. After I install the corporate IT
> department's SCCM "package"/"script" for Cygwin (1.7.16, last updated
> August 2012)
That is an entirely different issue and one your IT will have to
resolve. Given how these departments operate, do
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Michael DePaulo!
>
>
> This release removes the cache database generation from the postinstall
> step
> due to its often excessive length. Users will need to manage the
> database
> themselves with mandb(1)
Suppose a makefile or similar for this issue, would handle only man
pages that have changed since the last update:
The TL;DR version of the issue is that compilation of database is slow and
prone to fail, plus the database should be re-indexed each time a page is
added, removed or changed.
If Cyg
Greetings, Michael DePaulo!
This release removes the cache database generation from the postinstall
step
due to its often excessive length. Users will need to manage the
database
themselves with mandb(1) in order to use whatis/apropos(1).
>>>
>>>
>>> IMHO, this sound
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Yaakov Selkowitz
wrote:
> On 2014-08-15 07:22, Michael DePaulo wrote:
>>>
>>> This release removes the cache database generation from the postinstall
>>> step
>>> due to its often excessive length. Users will need to manage the
>>> database
>>> themselves with ma
On 2014-08-15 07:22, Michael DePaulo wrote:
This release removes the cache database generation from the postinstall step
due to its often excessive length. Users will need to manage the database
themselves with mandb(1) in order to use whatis/apropos(1).
IMHO, this sounds like a serious decrea
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 1:52 AM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
> The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution:
>
> * man-db-2.6.7-2
>
> man-db is an implementation of the standard Unix documentation system
> accessed using the man command. It uses a Berkeley DB database in place o
The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution:
* man-db-2.6.7-2
man-db is an implementation of the standard Unix documentation system
accessed using the man command. It uses a Berkeley DB database in place
of the traditional flat-text whatis databases.
This release remo
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