GNU bug report logs - #51416
[PATCH] profiles: Build the man database only if 'man-db' is in the profile.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 17:34:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 51416 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#51416] [PATCH] profiles: Build the man database only if 'man-db' is in the profile.
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:45:00 -0400

On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 11:50:54PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> 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.

Wow, I never knew about that feature. I figured the database was
necessary for `man foo`.

+1 for this change!
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