Bug#420836: texlive-base-bin: "texdoc -s" is too slow, should use ls-R database
Hi Frank,
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Frank Küster wrote:
> installed, texdoc -s is hardly usable: It uses find to search all TEXMF
> trees for documentation. I think it should be changed to use the ls-R
Good idea, who steps forward to provide a patch for texdoc?
Otherwise it is a wontfix tag.
Best wishes
Norbert
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Dr. Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> Università di Siena
Debian Developer <preining@debian.org> Debian TeX Group
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