Re: ssh and libsqlite.so

[Vitaly Shevtsov <shev.vt1984%gmail.com@localhost>]

Makes sense, Abhinav. Thanks for the clarification.

On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 6:13 PM Abhinav Upadhyay
<er.abhinav.upadhyay%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 6:25 PM Vitaly Shevtsov <shev.vt1984%gmail.com@localhost> 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