--- man-1.6e.orig/src/makewhatis.sh	2006-07-19 01:58:08.000000000 -0300
+++ man-1.6e/src/makewhatis.sh	2007-05-18 10:54:57.000000000 -0300
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 	continue;;
     -s) setsections=1
 	continue;;
-    -u) findarg="-ctime 0"
+    -u) findarg="-newer /var/cache/man/whatis"
 	update=1
 	continue;;
     -v) verbose=1
@@ -165,14 +165,7 @@
 # first truncate all the whatis files that will be created new,
 # then only update - we might visit the same directory twice
 if [ x$update = x ]; then
-   for pages in man cat
-   do
-      eval path="\$$pages"path
-      for mandir in $path
-      do
-	 cp /dev/null $mandir/whatis
-      done
-   done
+   cp /dev/null /var/cache/man/whatis
 fi
 
 for pages in man cat
@@ -184,11 +177,6 @@
      if [ x$verbose != x ]; then
 	echo "about to enter $mandir" > /dev/stderr
      fi
-     if [ -s ${mandir}/whatis -a $pages = man -a x$update = x ]; then
-	if [ x$verbose != x ]; then
-	   echo skipping $mandir - we did it already > /dev/stderr
-	fi
-     else      
        here=`pwd`
        cd $mandir
        for i in $sections
@@ -407,23 +395,14 @@
 
        cd $here
 
-       # kludge for Slackware's /usr/man/preformat
-       if [ $mandir = /usr/man/preformat ]
-       then
-	 mandir1=/usr/man
-       else
-	 mandir1=$mandir
-       fi
-
-       if [ -f ${mandir1}/whatis ]
+       if [ -f /var/cache/man/whatis ]
        then
-	 cat ${mandir1}/whatis >> $TMPFILE
+	 cat /var/cache/man/whatis >> $TMPFILE
        fi
-       tr -s '\n' < $TMPFILE | sort -u > ${mandir1}/whatis
+       tr -s '\n' < $TMPFILE | sort -u > /var/cache/man/whatis
 
-       chmod 644 ${mandir1}/whatis
+       chmod 644 /var/cache/man/whatis
        rm $TMPFILE
-     fi
    done
 done