Adding makemandb as build tool for man.db
David Brownlee <[email protected]> Tue, 9 Oct 2018 09:46:48 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.mac68k,gmane.os.netbsd.devel.installation |
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| Message-ID | <CAGN_6pbizVtRsTbnwTs=O_h0UvrGkVi2WyixSvvJ8aj+1VRJtQ@mail.gmail.com> |
On lower powered (and particularly lower memory boxes), the makemandb on first boot after install can run for some time and significantly affect the performance of the system (in extreme cases for several hours). We already have makewhatis as a build tool. What do people think of adding makemandb and including man.db to the distribution (potentially optionally). The downside is it would around double the size of man.tgz if enabled, but it would avoid a particularly bad first impression for anyone installing on an smaller boxes such as embedded arm/x86 (so not just vax/m68k/sh3/sparc users :-p) Thanks David