From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jb8bg-00086H-WC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:14:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B26BE036F; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:13:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.153]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E8E9E036F for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:13:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 13so1985558fge.14 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:13:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=qFRvXP6eon43E+rUbKc0p14UTU0ffZRpZlcXrk+velI=; b=Cq+RX6sJRd4vPccMTkG2HKQcWAN5lvDhVf6Ph3jAhJoEgJUj5wHWtpKNS7btt8ii/vtwoWU4LuDJfgFqEejQ4henUWiy9WEsYwijX+QzT1UND67NgYDF9gDOh633qfwyzzBcLKhvFY8NUwTtAHJWQgrzgVCNuFm6onoVHzxprm8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=al/Bj86P0RrUeHs+eRuJQUEBfomwq2bGisTk+dxJNTGJf0D2zgzw/XprES6GvxCFv7RqxhUnE2+wy5WE4eLmdava7Vi7VkLsaRd3E6b4CUUrFu9IofgSNvrAmjMyyO4rKbSmku7nlckieraG8W/EvMzU78SGf9hbQvEX//MzF0M= Received: by 10.82.166.9 with SMTP id o9mr35559609bue.33.1205734438325; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:13:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.120.20 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:13:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5251dbe30803162313r10430c6x5dc29153d8e1a614@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:13:58 +0100 From: "Strong Cypher" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I've hosed portage In-Reply-To: <47DDD198.4020701@xaerolimit.net> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080317012241.GA1689@gentoovm.localdomain> <47DDD198.4020701@xaerolimit.net> X-Archives-Salt: 25651042-3621-4aa9-ab83-a9120a06a59a X-Archives-Hash: 64eaa17fe40e13e07701d1e49d09b124 for better perf i use ext2 with some tweak mkfs.ext2 -I2048 -m0 /dev/myPartition I use sqlite in backend and eix for searching update the speed is now really excellent every thing could be found on wiki good luck On 3/17/08, Chris Brennan wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > *if* you move /usr/portage to something like reisterfs, you will get > better performacem even on slower machines. my PIII/800 can update the > cache in ~ 3 minutes now .... ext3 just doesn't cut it in a busy tree > like portage ... the filesystem just isn't quick enough .... there are > some other things you can do like using xfs/jfs for > /usr/portage/distfiles and what not, but that' just a start. First thing > is first, fix portage, then if you like, contact me off list and I can > help you tweak emerge so it runs a little quicker and still be safe :D > > John J. Foster wrote: > | I unmasked portage-2.2_pre4 to see if it would help with the extreme > | slowness of portage updating of its cache during a sync. I had also > | previously emerged cdb to try to help with that also. Anyway, I'm not > | really sure what state my portage is in right now, except that now every > | emerge command returns > | > | festus@gentoovm ~ $ emerge --info > | Traceback (most recent call last): > | File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 31, in ? > | import emergehelp, xpak, commands, errno, re, socket, string, > time, types > | File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/emergehelp.py", line 7, in ? > | from portage_const import > PRIVATE_PATH,PRELINK_BINARY,HASHING_BLOCKSIZE > | File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_const.py", line 7, in ? > | from portage_const import > PRIVATE_PATH,PRELINK_BINARY,HASHING_BLOCKSIZE > | ImportError: cannot import name PRIVATE_PATH > | > | I already tried > | http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/manually-fixing-portage.xml > | but it didn't help. Me thinks I should have done a quickpkg! > | > | Any help greatly appreciated. > | > | Thanks, > | festus > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFH3dGY8hUIAnGfls4RApvUAJ9pK3wWqS5LpwvRtCOfzrItpxxtDgCgjdJm > mgZu5SRDPda51qAuZtX58RE= > =8DRz > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list