From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FKFrg-0005Fi-9z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:23:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2HEMegR007577; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:22:40 GMT Received: from gateway2.delphi.com (gateway2.delphi.com [12.47.224.17]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2HEGpEA008054 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:17:04 GMT Received: from USMITRY-MX04.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net ([144.250.137.56]) by gateway2.delphi.com (MOS 3.7.2-GA) with ESMTP id CGK58199; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:16:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from USINKOK-MX01.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net ([144.250.174.199]) by USMITRY-MX04.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:16:35 -0500 Received: from DEWUP-MX02.Europe.DelphiAuto.net ([130.171.200.162]) by USINKOK-MX01.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:16:45 -0500 Received: from dewup-ww02.dewup.europe.delphiauto.net ([10.233.7.145]) by DEWUP-MX02.Europe.DelphiAuto.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:16:00 +0100 Received: from s08nfs.dewup.europe.delphiauto.net (s08nfs [206.122.137.180]) by dewup-ww02.dewup.europe.delphiauto.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CD52ACF for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:16:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.233.7.145] (dewup-ww02.dewup.europe.delphiauto.net [10.233.7.145]) by s08nfs.dewup.europe.delphiauto.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36F6C2899 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:16:00 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <441AC49C.8040009@mid.message-center.info> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:15:56 +0100 From: Alexander Skwar User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060104 Thunderbird/1.0.7 Mnenhy/0.6.0.104 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What on Earth is Portage doing for so long? References: <441ABC69.5000406@veldy.net> <441AC310.7010906@veldy.net> In-Reply-To: <441AC310.7010906@veldy.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Mar 2006 14:16:00.0711 (UTC) FILETIME=[51430D70:01C649CD] X-Archives-Salt: 38b64c29-8fb6-4788-9aa7-ffcf0866299a X-Archives-Hash: 88ba5d6f5b70a47a393d58dcdda8451e Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > Bruno Lustosa wrote: >> Good question :) >> But one way to speed this up is to use CDB, so that instead of keeping >> cache in separate files, it's all in one, resulting in a *much* faster >> cache update. >> There are directions here: >> >> http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb >> >> > Interesting ... and thanks for the tip. I am concerned about all the > warnings of breakage though. I need this on my server, which is my > production firewall at the moment. I would hate to have this fail. Well, you know, in worst case, portage doesn't work anymore. In this case, you'd just have to revert your changes, and everything's fine again. Alexander Skwar -- Linux: Where Don't We Want To Go Today? -- Submitted by Pancrazio De Mauro, paraphrasing some well-known sales talk -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list