Re: Running makemandb on every boot

[Steffen Nurpmeso <sdaoden%yandex.com@localhost>]

Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost> wrote:
 |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 ?

Sorry for jumping in, but i have the following

--- makemandb.orig      2014-05-19 14:21:32.000000000 +0200
+++ makemandb   2014-05-19 14:49:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ stop_cmd=":"
 
 makemandb_start()
 {
+       if mandb=`/usr/bin/grep _mandb /etc/man.conf` && 
+                       mandb=`echo ${mandb} | /usr/bin/cut -d ' ' -f 2` &&
+                       [ -f "${mandb}" ]; then
+               eval `/usr/bin/stat -s "${mandb}"`
+               nowt=`/bin/date +%s`
+               difft=`/bin/expr ${nowt} - ${st_atime}`
+               [ ${difft} -lt 86400 ] && return
+       fi
        # Initiate update build in the background
        nice -n 5 /usr/sbin/makemandb -Q > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 }

--steffen