Re: [gentoo-user] Should emerge --sync be so slow?

[Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org>]

Alex Bennee wrote:

>As my system has become more lived in I've noticed the time taken to
>update the cache at the end of an emerge --sync is getting slower and
>slower. The system will hang around 50% for a long time and thrash the
>crap out of the disks.
>
>Is this just usual behaviour for portage? Is there anyway to flush the
>cache files and start again with a clean emerge --sync?
>  
>

Well, you could try this:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb

Several people here (including me) are using this without any bad effects.

You might also consider putting /usr/portage on it's own filesystem.  
That would keep the disk accessed confined to a small portion of the 
disk.  The size should be 1-3G depending upon whether you keep distfiles 
and packages on the same filesystem or not.

-Richard

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