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Op 10-7-2014 8:20 Yaakov Selkowitz schreef:
> 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.
>

Isn't there an option that man-db grows a database cache while you are 
using it. Such that a page is added to the cache the first time you read 
a man page. Then you have a small extra delay only the first time. 
Usually people read only a small percentage of the man pages frequently. 
Caching all man pages is a bit excessive.

Man-db also displays non-cached man pages. What is the time difference 
between loading a cached or a non-cached page on Cygwin? Perhaps it's 
not worth caching.

regards,

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Erwin Waterlander
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