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.
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. On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Chris J. Breisch <chris...@breisch.org> wrote: > At Tuesday, July 8, 2014, 8:16:41 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > >> On 2014-07-08 18:01, Chris J. Breisch wrote: >>> At Tuesday, July 8, 2014, 12:15:22 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: >>>> On 08/07/2014 17:47, Jack Duthen wrote: >>>> util-linux is a popular package, so the issue was not yet noticed. >>> >>>> man was recently changed, so this dependency was likely missed, >>>> specially as it seems hidden inside the man binary. >>> >>> Yes, this is true. I'll add it. I'm collecting a few things together, > >> Careful: right now util-linux requires: perl, so people will complain if >> it gets pulled as is. I'll attempt to address this soon. > > Yes, I just noticed that. > >>> and trying to get the DB creation to work a little faster as well. > >> That would be good, but there are some additional issues which make me >> think we should drop this from postinstall. > > > I think I'm okay with that. > > -- > Chris J. Breisch > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
