FS#42232 - [man-db] run database rebuild as a background process in post_update

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by John (graysky) - Friday, 03 October 2014, 20:42 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Saturday, 04 October 2014, 13:54 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Please consider modifying the behavior of the `mandb -c --quiet` line in post_update to fork this process to the background. On lower powered machines, the database rebuild can take 4-5 minutes leaving the terminal used unavailable at that time. Can be a minor annoyance when connected through ssh for example.
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Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Saturday, 04 October 2014, 13:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Saturday, 04 October 2014, 13:54 GMT
This db rebuild has only rarely happened so far and was required on this update. We won't change the behavior just for very slow systems.

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