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| -rw-r--r-- | makewhatis.8 | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mandocdb.c | 24 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/makewhatis.8 b/makewhatis.8 index f8875fe5..9f307a35 100644 --- a/makewhatis.8 +++ b/makewhatis.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: makewhatis.8,v 1.5 2017/03/18 19:51:19 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: makewhatis.8,v 1.6 2017/05/17 22:27:12 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> .\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: March 18 2017 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 17 2017 $ .Dt MAKEWHATIS 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ and .Sm on in that directory. Existing databases are replaced. +If a directory contains no manual pages, no database is created in that +directory. If .Ar dir is not provided, @@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ Remove .Ar from the database in .Ar dir . +If that causes the database to become empty, also delete the database file. .El .Pp If fatal parse errors are encountered while parsing, the offending file @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* $Id: mandocdb.c,v 1.249 2017/05/05 15:17:32 schwarze Exp $ */ +/* $Id: mandocdb.c,v 1.250 2017/05/17 22:27:12 schwarze Exp $ */ /* * Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> * Copyright (c) 2011-2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> @@ -2122,6 +2122,23 @@ dbwrite(struct dba *dba) int status; pid_t child; + /* + * Do not write empty databases, and delete existing ones + * when makewhatis -u causes them to become empty. + */ + + dba_array_start(dba->pages); + if (dba_array_next(dba->pages) == NULL) { + if (unlink(MANDOC_DB) == -1) + say(MANDOC_DB, "&unlink"); + return; + } + + /* + * Build the database in a temporary file, + * then atomically move it into place. + */ + if (dba_write(MANDOC_DB "~", dba) != -1) { if (rename(MANDOC_DB "~", MANDOC_DB) == -1) { exitcode = (int)MANDOCLEVEL_SYSERR; @@ -2131,6 +2148,11 @@ dbwrite(struct dba *dba) return; } + /* + * We lack write permission and cannot replace the database + * file, but let's at least check whether the data changed. + */ + (void)strlcpy(tfn, "/tmp/mandocdb.XXXXXXXX", sizeof(tfn)); if (mkdtemp(tfn) == NULL) { exitcode = (int)MANDOCLEVEL_SYSERR; |