Bug#489897: apt: [apt-get] 100 messages of 'Processing triggers for man-db' on upgrade
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.14+b1
Severity: normal
Upon "apt-get upgrade" when 300 packages are being processed on PII/90Mhz
numerous messages like:
Processing triggers for man-db
are being shown. This looks like inffecient use of the man-db. It is making
upgrades slower than before.
SUGGESTION
a) Please postpone updating man-db after all the packages have been upgraded
OR
b) offer option to bypass this man-db trigger and give intructions
in manual page (next to the new command line option in manaual page)
how user can run the man-db update manually.
EXAMPLES OF OUTPUT
...
Unpacking replacement ncurses-bin ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up ncurses-bin (5.6+20080308-1) ...
(Reading database ... 59200 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace sed 4.1.5-1 (using .../archives/sed_4.1.5-6_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement sed ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up sed (4.1.5-6) ...
(Reading database ... 59200 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace base-passwd 3.5.11 (using .../base-passwd_3.5.17_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement base-passwd ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up base-passwd (3.5.17) ...
(Reading database ... 59203 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bsdutils 1:2.12r-8 (using .../bsdutils_1%3a2.13.1.1-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement bsdutils ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up bsdutils (1:2.13.1.1-1) ...
(Reading database ... 59203 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace ncurses-base 5.5-2 (using .../ncurses-base_5.6+20080308-1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ncurses-base ...
Setting up ncurses-base (5.6+20080308-1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/terminfo/README ...
(Reading database ... 59203 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libtext-wrapi18n-perl 0.06-4 (using .../libtext-wrapi18n-perl_0.0\
6-6_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libtext-wrapi18n-perl ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libtext-wrapi18n-perl (0.06-6) ...
...
-- Package-specific info:
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb file:///var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build main
#deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian unstable contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian unstable contrib non-free
# deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
# deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
# deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ testing main
# deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ testing main
# deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
# deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
deb http://debian.cante.net/debian unstable main
deb-src http://debian.cante.net/debian unstable main
# http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/paq
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2008.04.16+nmu1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.7-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-5 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.3.1-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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