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Hey folks. I finally got around to going to report the slow fixpackages |
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problem I reported to -user a while back and found this bug |
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(http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27421) already there, but set to |
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WONTFIX. I'm not sure if SpanKY understood the problem. |
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Basically one one of my boxes (k7-900, 512mb) fixpackages runs fast. The |
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"." phase zips by and then the "*" phase goes at about the same speed. |
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The other box that I have running gentoo (cel-533, 128mb ram) runs the |
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"." phase almost as fast, but the "*" phase runs about one "*" a minute |
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or two. Updates can take literally hours on this system, and seem to be |
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getting slower all the time. |
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As I recall, fixpackages is just moving files around or something right? |
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The files can't be that big. The / is RAID0 on 2x2G scsi drives, older |
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ones, with only 5mb/s transfer rate, 10mb/s with the RAID, but still, |
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the time taken seems stupidly slow on this box compared my other one. I |
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know that if everyone was getting this there'd be uproars (or so I'd |
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think). |
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Should I resubmit the bug, or is there anything that anyone can think of |
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to help fix this. I'll probably try putting another drive in for the /, |
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to see if it's the hardware somehow, but I have to find one first. |
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alan |
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Alan <alan@×××××.org> - http://arcterex.net |
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"There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain |
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climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway |
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