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+
+config() {
+  NEW="$1"
+  OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
+  # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over:
+  if [ ! -r $OLD ]; then
+    mv $NEW $OLD
+  elif [ "$(cat $OLD | md5sum)" = "$(cat $NEW | md5sum)" ]; then
+    # toss the redundant copy
+    rm $NEW
+  fi
+  # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
+}
+
+config etc/man_db.conf.new
+
+# Generate the initial man database (or rebuild it if it exists).
+# We want to skip this step if installing somewhere besides / (e.g. with
+# the -root option or ROOT env variable set for installpkg), hence the
+# readlink silliness.
+
+# The -c option means it blows away any existing db. I thought about
+# leaving it off (it will still create the db if it doesn't exist),
+# but decided it's better to build it fresh if the package gets
+# reinstalled (in case the db format has changed, or in case the
+# db is corrupted and the user is trying to fix it by reinstalling
+# this package).
+
+[ -x /bin/readlink ] && \
+[ "$( /bin/readlink -f $( pwd ) )" = "/" ] && \
+( [ -x /opt/man-db/bin/mandb ] && /opt/man-db/bin/mandb -c -q ) || \
+( [ -x /usr/bin/mandb ] && /usr/bin/mandb -c -q )