Bug#686349: man-db: provide option to skip database build process

2012-08-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 02:53:24PM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > This step: > > echo "Building database of manual pages ..." >&2 > run_mandb -cq > > in postinst can take quite some time. Especially when building > Debian packages in an automated fashion this can be quite a waste of > bui

Bug#686349: man-db: provide option to skip database build process

2012-08-31 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Michael Prokop 2012-08-31 <20120831125324.24338.97520.reportbug@grmlvrs> > It would be nice if there'd be a simple way to skip this step > (simple as in "no need to dpkg-divert any files from man-db when > being executed inside pbuilder/cowbuilder/... environment" :)) Here's one example which

Bug#686349: man-db: provide option to skip database build process

2012-08-31 Thread Michael Prokop
Package: man-db Version: 2.6.2-1 Severity: wishlist This step: echo "Building database of manual pages ..." >&2 run_mandb -cq in postinst can take quite some time. Especially when building Debian packages in an automated fashion this can be quite a waste of build time and resources AFAI