Re: man-db: cache handling

2014-08-19 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2014-07-22 11:12, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: 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 postinst

Re: man-db: cache handling

2014-08-04 Thread 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 ne

Re: man-db: cache handling

2014-08-03 Thread 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

Re: man-db: cache handling

2014-07-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Chris, ping? 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 t

man-db: cache handling

2014-07-22 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
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 o