Makes sense, Abhinav. Thanks for the clarification.
On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 6:13 PM Abhinav Upadhyay <er.abhinav.upadh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 6:25 PM Vitaly Shevtsov <shev.vt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > > No, I'm not saying to remove sqlite from the base image completely. Of > > course not, since some binaris depend on it. > > My point is that Full Text Search for apropos and whatis was > > implemented for NetBSD by using sqlite in 2012 as GSOC. So I think now > > it's no longer needed for apropos/whatis since the modern mandoc > > The semantic search of mandoc's apropos(1) is not the same as "full > text search" of NetBSD's apropos(1). > > The mandoc apropos implementation works on expressions, where you can > specify a specific mdoc macro and its value. The search will produce > results containing man pages which satisfy that expression. > > On the other hand, NetBSD apropos will work like a typical search engine. > > I've never understood the usefulness of doing markup based search, it > expects the user to have an intimate knowledge of the mdoc macros to > effectively use it. But I might be biased. > > > supports semantic search using POSIX API only. > > We could implement full text search using POSIX APIs as well, but if > Sqlite gives it out of the box, it is extra maintenance work. > > - > Abhinav
