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[PATCH 0/2] Reducing the closure of man-db

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 29515 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#29515] [PATCH 0/2] Reducing the closure of man-db
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 13:23:41 -0500

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On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 10:56:49AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> These patches reduce the man-db closure significantly, notably by
> removing Perl and Gawk from the reference graph.  Incidentally, that
> also removes Perl from the reference graph of the GuixSD installation
> image.
> 
> I’ve confirmed that the resulting man-db still works as expected by
> running commands like:
> 
>   ./pre-inst-env guix environment -C --ad-hoc man-db man-pages \
>      -- man pthread_create
> 
> Feedback welcome!

I think it's great!

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