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> portage.aux_get embedded in a double nested for loop. aux_get either |
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> copies the metadata file out of /usr/portage/metadata/cache/ into |
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> /var/cache/edb/dep/ or regenerates it using the ebuild if the cached |
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> version is old. My laptop's hard-drive is pretty slow (4200RPM, etc) so |
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> this process of copying ~ 36MB of small files takes about 4.5 minutes on |
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> average. In most cases the metadata files are copied directly. I did a diff |
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> on some categories in the /dep/ cache vs. the /metadata/ cache and found |
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> only a few files were regenerated. |
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Having not seen the current code at all, but if it is as you say, I should think an rsync would be more efficient to do. As for proper channels, please point your browser to bugs.gentoo.org |
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