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On 2014-07-09 17:28, Keith Christian wrote:
> There are other packages that require a bit of time post-install, such
> as the texlive package.  Having the man-db package update the DB
> immediately after install sounds like a good idea, even if it takes a
> few minutes.

We're talking 20 minutes or more, which is IMO excessive.

> Else, end users that aren't familiar with re-creating the DB may be
> discouraged at not finding something in the man pages.
>
> That, or else use a non-blocking method of printing a message with the
> DB creation command line.

There is another issue: creating it during man-db's postinstall only 
helps for the manpages installed as of then; any pages added or updated 
afterwards won't get into the DB.  There is a way we could handle that 
(similar to _update-info-dir), but only if DB generation is faster.


Yaakov


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