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 4.43) id 1EKaay-0005lB-07 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:59:32 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8SBouEr000211; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:50:56 GMT Received: from lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.66]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8SBj2SB024119 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:45:02 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F2C21F185F for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:52:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec04.st1.spray.net ([212.78.203.80]) by localhost (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.32]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32461-06 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:52:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec04.st1.spray.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cmcodec04.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5FFF6CA587 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:52:13 +0000 (GMT) Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=lycos.co.uk; h=From:Subject; b=IcYA39ReWeaPi7Bu5eyzHmehpX+xCFo94MzxEMVd2our1KQk1dYkGz4PX3hzXpJlapmxPDV0HpHud3PYnOuCI1jFBiWMlHBZAvS8D+Hyqyd2XIfhQfeVs0960ANYyGF7oYMi3+Ewe6B8GuD5Q0NjCA3JrsN6Fr8f7rnWrTNI/Po=; From: "Michael Kintzios" <michaelkintzios@lycos.co.uk> To: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Update portage cache ... horribly slow Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:52:21 +0100 Message-ID: <F49BE7328A1DA246AFC5C2CDDB86D917DFB015@BCV0X134EXC0005> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: <433A7D85.70000@quanteam.info> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at spray.net X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j8SBj2SB024119 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id j8SBouFC000211 X-Archives-Salt: d6852f15-8cef-4845-b1dc-0293b42cba32 X-Archives-Hash: c44b7492f190cf8412d4d752d4bfb8cb > -----Original Message----- > From: Pawe=B3 Madej [mailto:linux@quanteam.info]=20 > Sent: 28 September 2005 12:25 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Update portage cache ... horribly slow >=20 >=20 > Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: > > This cache is used to resolve all packages you want to=20 > update,install > > or remove from your box; if you turn off this cache you=20 > would need to > > do the same action to every emerge option; I believe that=20 > is better to > > let it do just when updating portage tree .... :) > >=20 > > Holpe it helps, Allan >=20 > Thx for fast answer. >=20 > Ok I'll leave it as is, but maybe is there any way too speedup it? It=20 > runs on my P3 800 / HDD 5400 rpm more that 10 minutes. >=20 > Or it is working on every computer so slowly? Be grateful you're not running my PIII 600MHz. If you also are running X with a browser, xmms, or mplayer and updatedb decides to join in, then 20 min to 1/2 hour is a possibility! I'll make a mental note to measure how long it takes next time I sync. --=20 Regards, Mick --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list