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authorColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2007-08-28 18:41:40 +0100
committerColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2007-08-28 18:41:40 +0100
commit3972f917a15541fcdb691f68009902fd14711bea (patch)
tree1fce01f743a2478eff230b41f5c69a74453ee5f1 /docs/NEWS
parent53473775ba41ccbc4edee85afd4756c6981de342 (diff)
Add a configuration file flag (NOCACHE) to disable cat page caching
(thanks, Ralph Corderoy; Debian bug #196642). * src/manp.c (add_to_dirlist): Recognise NOCACHE. * src/man.c (display): Don't save a cat page if NOCACHE is set. * src/man_db.conf.in: Document NOCACHE. * man/man5/manpath.man5 (FORMAT): Document NOCACHE. * docs/NEWS: Document this.
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@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ Major changes since man-db 2.4.4:
active, so man will only need to block afterwards if the pager is
exited very quickly.
+ o Setting NOCACHE in the configuration file now prevents man from
+ ever creating cat pages automatically.
+
man-db 2.4.4 (12 February 2007)
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