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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# man-db cron weekly
+
+set -e
+
+if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
+    # Skip in favour of systemd timer.
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+iosched_idle=
+# Don't try to change I/O priority in a vserver or OpenVZ.
+if ! egrep -q '(envID|VxID):.*[1-9]' /proc/self/status && \
+   ([ ! -d /proc/vz ] || [ -d /proc/bc ]); then
+    iosched_idle='--iosched idle'
+fi
+
+if ! [ -d /var/cache/man ]; then
+    # Recover from deletion, per FHS.
+    install -d -o man -g man -m 0755 /var/cache/man
+fi
+
+# regenerate man database
+if [ -x /usr/bin/mandb ]; then
+    # --pidfile /dev/null so it always starts; mandb isn't really a daemon,
+    # but we want to start it like one.
+    start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null \
+		      --startas /usr/bin/mandb --oknodo --chuid man \
+		      $iosched_idle \
+		      -- --quiet
+fi
+
+exit 0