From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B3113800E for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:36:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 993B4E083B; Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:36:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com (out5-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BAEBE07F9 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:34:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.45]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id C18962091A for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2012 09:34:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.161]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:34:47 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=binarywings.net; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=5J919jwIQ3zVTn+DFDST7GO3 q4Q=; b=cZFsyMMBackAknzg6/WDMU++06yCINTuoxD9UnXOiCZcWapz0YeEBxrm J+DXwaGnPPHEmmZBbS2dYm8nZajxYCB5/X7k1Q9EP+4XT5jjRkNjITuGgYzlHI59 8MzOAiDkmuuCTxj9WPyGbcwFM9ENgPL5C/olTI3JmlCMBE0jVrw= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=5J91 9jwIQ3zVTn+DFDST7GO3q4Q=; b=O0qiBqbvs3F1V/o++ziXTS1eTsZ0+etoBT/a 81jpOe0WzrVvucnHqbm8tCHLu4VZahIXEu5D/jQ0K7Ue7yZezrkNhnqEkZKZygPy U/dv9RgL5ke8Kru/KzRsYhs7Nm4hOq9KADZDVd4+U5yPPeBY44ipQrIyiNSrZXV6 rHnQBAU= X-Sasl-enc: +mWxWPl7K+jRKUIDLCoRd2ekLAn3J5FdP6oKKHK36TDN 1344432885 Received: from [10.216.3.116] (unknown [46.115.53.3]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 4444A4837F9 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2012 09:34:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <50226AF0.6070702@binarywings.net> Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:34:40 +0200 From: Florian Philipp User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.6esrpre) Gecko/20120804 Thunderbird/10.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kernels & swap usage References: <20120807050229.GE2865@ca.inter.net> <502203E9.6020006@binarywings.net> <20120808093309.GB2882@ca.inter.net> In-Reply-To: <20120808093309.GB2882@ca.inter.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigA56670246559D4B7E5B10DB4" X-Archives-Salt: 408836a8-3879-45c6-8b68-fa025728720d X-Archives-Hash: 2bd8040ad541ab8410b8bb075efa3d9e This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigA56670246559D4B7E5B10DB4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 08.08.2012 11:33, schrieb Philip Webb: > 120808 Florian Philipp wrote: >> Am 07.08.2012 07:02, schrieb Philip Webb: >>> Just an observation : when I updated Libre Office & Firefox this week= , >>> neither compile used swap (I have 4 GB RAM); >>> OTOH when I did them the previous time, both did use swap; >>> the total time & the HDD usage remained almost the same. >>> In between, I updated the Kernel 3.0.0 -> 3.4.0 , >>> but made no other changes in config files etc. >> Did Firefox ever actually need to swap? Here it does a fair share >> of disk I/O (some python script?) but never actually needs lots of mem= ory. >> With Libre Office, it could be their recent code cleaning effort. >> They removed large amounts of cruft. >=20 > Sorry, perhaps I didn't make it clear enough: > I'm refering to the process of compiling the pkgs via Portage, > not to using them after they have been installed. > Both packages used noticeably less memory during the compile stage > on the latest occasion in contrast to the previous Emerges. >=20 No, you made yourself clear. I didn't. I meant the compiling, too. --------------enigA56670246559D4B7E5B10DB4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlAiavAACgkQqs4uOUlOuU/KiwCfWbrtM/OYTxeSmxzNkqgdzAC4 h18Ani/lFxmbjSC4IqhHvU/vdxLPOZWX =F6Vh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigA56670246559D4B7E5B10DB4--