ci: add script to skip manpage optimization for faster package installs

Author: limulus

.github/workflows/cd.yaml

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
           cache: 'npm'
+      - run: .github/workflows/scripts/skip-manpage-optimization.sh
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npx playwright install --with-deps --only-shell chromium
       - run: npm run verify

.github/workflows/scripts/skip-manpage-optimization.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# See: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/10977#issuecomment-2549570980
+
+# Skip installing package docs {makes the man-db trigger much faster)
+sudo tee /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/01_nodoc > /dev/null << 'EOF'
+path-exclude /usr/share/doc/*
+path-exclude /usr/share/man/*
+path-exclude /usr/share/info/*
+EOF