Re: /var/cache/man/...

2014-04-11 Thread Mike McClain
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:16:11AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > Unless you specifically don't ask for them, that's what you get - it's a > result of the one-size-fits-all metapackage system designed to mostly > work in most situations. > > Specifically *not* asking for them takes a bit of work

Re: /var/cache/man/...

2014-04-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 11/04/14 02:15, Mike McClain wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 09:14:39AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 10/04/14 01:44, Mike McClain wrote: >>> The other day I noticed my computer clutteres up with many >>> directories in /var/cache/man/ for languages I don't speak so I >>> deleted them. >>

Re: /var/cache/man/...

2014-04-10 Thread Brian
On Thu 10 Apr 2014 at 09:15:33 -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 09:14:39AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > On 10/04/14 01:44, Mike McClain wrote: > > > > Nothing in /etc/cron/* says anything about recreating them. I assume > > > mandb did it but can't tell what initiated the

Re: /var/cache/man/...

2014-04-10 Thread Mike McClain
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 09:14:39AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/04/14 01:44, Mike McClain wrote: > > The other day I noticed my computer clutteres up with many > > directories in /var/cache/man/ for languages I don't speak so I > > deleted them. > > That was a mistake. You're new to this "s

Re: /var/cache/man/...

2014-04-09 Thread Doug
On 04/09/2014 08:50 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 10/04/14 10:07, Doug wrote: /snip/ The only characters that anyone could reasonably need can be formed by setting up a Compose key. Do you have a source for that or is it just an opinion from the viewpoint of a particular location? The part

Re: /var/cache/man/...

2014-04-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 10/04/14 10:07, Doug wrote: > > On 04/09/2014 07:14 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 10/04/14 01:44, Mike McClain wrote: >>> The other day I noticed my computer clutteres up with many >>> directories in /var/cache/man/ for languages I don't speak so I >>> deleted them. >> That was a mistake. Y

Re: /var/cache/man/...

2014-04-09 Thread Doug
On 04/09/2014 07:14 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 10/04/14 01:44, Mike McClain wrote: The other day I noticed my computer clutteres up with many directories in /var/cache/man/ for languages I don't speak so I deleted them. That was a mistake. You're new to this "sysadmin" stuff right? ;) snip/

Re: /var/cache/man/...

2014-04-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 10/04/14 01:44, Mike McClain wrote: > The other day I noticed my computer clutteres up with many > directories in /var/cache/man/ for languages I don't speak so I > deleted them. That was a mistake. You're new to this "sysadmin" stuff right? ;) > Today they're back but I can't tell how they go