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Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:46:03 -0600
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: man-db-2.6.7-2
From: Keith Christian <keith1christian@gmail.com>
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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 Cygwin do this only at man-db postinstall, the database WILL go out of
reality pretty soon.


Keith

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> 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) in order to use whatis/apropos(1).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> IMHO, this sounds like a serious decrease in Cygwin's usability.
>>>>
>>>> How do Linux distributions handle this? Linux distros install many
>>>> more packages by default, so doesn't their cache database generation
>>>> typically take much longer?
>>>
>>>
>>> Exactly why they don't seem to do it during postinstall either.  For
>>> example, in Fedora this is handled by a cron job.  A future release may add
>>> that functionality, but it is clear that postinstall is the wrong place for
>>> it.
>
>> I disagree, but I need to read more about the subject in order to have
>> a well-informed opinion.
>
> 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 Cygwin do this only at man-db postinstall, the database WILL go out of
> reality pretty soon.
>
>>>> Also, should documentation (or perhaps the info a user sees when they
>>>> start Cygwin for the 1st time) be updated?
>>>
>>>
>>> How so?
>>>
>>> Yaakov
>
>> 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), I am greeted by this message every time I start the
>> Cygwin Terminal:
>> ----
>> Your group is currently "mkpasswd".  This indicates that your
>> gid is not in /etc/group and your uid is not in /etc/passwd.
>
> This is about to change in a short while.
>
>> I am not suggesting that users see a mandb message every time they
>> launch cygwin.
>
> This could be resolved in a more graceful way. I.e. motd/fortune/etc.
>
>> But I am suggesting that that users see it when they
>> 1st launch cygwin. They already see this message:
>> ----
>> Copying skeleton files.
>> These files are for the users to personalise their cygwin experience.
>
>> They will never be overwritten nor automatically updated.
>
> Users will only see this message, if the $HOME directory is created anew.
> I, for one, do not see a reason to keep Cygwin users' $HOMEs separate from a
> system %USERPROFILE%.
>
>> Also, users who are particularly reliant on the apropos command
>> probably don't know about running the mandb command. It's analogous to
>> users launching the Windows "Help and Support" Center, but its search
>> bar returning 0 results they haven't run another utility 1st.
>
> That's an issue worth resolving. We just need to find a way to do it in a
> non-abusive fashion.
>
>
> --
> WBR,
> Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 16.08.2014, <03:57>
>
> Sorry for my terrible english...
>
>
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