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[bug#51416] [PATCH] profiles: Build the man database only if 'man-db' is
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Ludovic Courtès |
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[bug#51416] [PATCH] profiles: Build the man database only if 'man-db' is in the profile. |
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Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:50:54 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) |
Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 07:33:28PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> The other day Liliana came with a smart idea on IRC: to build the database
>> only when ‘man-db’ is also in the profile. It’s a good way to not quite
>> make a decision :-), but it’s going to address the main pain point.
>>
>> Thoughts?
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>>From the user's perspective, what would change? Would `man foo` still
> work after installing foo?
Yes. What wouldn’t work, unless ‘man-db’ is in the same profile, is
‘man -k whatever’:
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Documentation.html
On Guix System, the system profile does include man-db by default.
Ludo’.