Bug#1004355: man-db modifies cache file contents but resets mtime timestamp

2022-01-29 Thread Colin Watson
Control: tag -1 fixed-upstream On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 05:27:35PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > My backup system, like many, relies on file mtimes to know when to > back files up. *Un*like most other systems, it does a cross-check: it > checks that the file *contents* (via checksum) are the same

Bug#1004355: man-db modifies cache file contents but resets mtime timestamp

2022-01-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: man-db Version: 2.8.5-2 (This report was written before you drew my attention to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1411633 which is a report of the same issue. I'm filing it anyway so we have record of it in the Debian BTS and so that I have a record myself of