X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b= J/lU1/GVDOpyOb3g8MqOQt6G4tpRvtlWx8+wH4OcoWQQpnRM9x+wLG4Zc4n1dLkK NPffhFRR21xqKX/ZLuS16QhlA7Zf8FdfjzwhAuwKc5QVpBUNrCm1MGZfDmZYIEWE K+QqvFvZ5awdDKjHWcKtINJcSuTkmInEGuLKJWFZMO0= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; s=default; bh=CAEnl YsaTQ+tUJkssrJ8ccv/tt4=; b=qpMlFXFbtO5iMYA61BrG11EZDaRRvcc8rjqQw ZEVVYnBdZVAEzn+DOeZgyCpFFHeBSvTfupM5wJ8/vudjEYTnvY7fqFfLG7rdx17B 5uc43GY4PQzx1Iyqm9zV9fE2k+eNsdaZ2V442OJ9XCbHIhhOOewMA7C7SJUHaf3N Gn3TU0= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-User: qpsmtpd, 2 recipients X-HELO: mail-wi0-f176.google.com MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.6.233 with SMTP id e9mr20566164wja.29.1408105358566; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 05:22:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:22:38 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: man-db-2.6.7-2 From: Michael DePaulo To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Cc: yselkowitz AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 1:52 AM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution: > > * man-db-2.6.7-2 > > man-db is an implementation of the standard Unix documentation system > accessed using the man command. It uses a Berkeley DB database in place of > the traditional flat-text whatis databases. > > 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). > > -- > Yaakov > (on behalf of Chris Breisch) 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? Also, should documentation (or perhaps the info a user sees when they start Cygwin for the 1st time) be updated? Respectfully, -Mike -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple