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Re: Running makemandb on every boot



On Mon, 19 May 2014, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
The primary intention for running it on boot was to make sure that it
gets build after a new installation. Many systems don't run over night,
so they won't get the nightly or weekly run.

Could we devise a better test for whether this is a new installation? Perhaps check whether the man db's timestamp is newer than /etc/mtree/set.man ?

--apb (Alan Barrett)


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