Description of problem: Updating of manpages could be handled with some 'ionice' lowered priority. I'm not sure if 'class 2' (best-effort) or 'class 3' (idle) - for desktop I would prefer 'idle' myself - but I could understand, that for server there should be some max time for updates - this could be handled via some preferencies in /etc/default ? Package mlocate is already using ionice (with class 2) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): man-db-2.5.9-2.fc15.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: update of manpages is noticeable by user - disk gets slower. Expected results: Better user experience when using good old rotational drives. Additional info:
Debian/Ubuntu's man-db cron jobs use the idle class for this.
Thanks, fixed in man-db-2.5.9-3.fc15.