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Alex Bennee wrote: |
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>As my system has become more lived in I've noticed the time taken to |
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>update the cache at the end of an emerge --sync is getting slower and |
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>slower. The system will hang around 50% for a long time and thrash the |
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>crap out of the disks. |
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>Is this just usual behaviour for portage? Is there anyway to flush the |
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>cache files and start again with a clean emerge --sync? |
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Well, you could try this: |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb |
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Several people here (including me) are using this without any bad effects. |
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You might also consider putting /usr/portage on it's own filesystem. |
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That would keep the disk accessed confined to a small portion of the |
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disk. The size should be 1-3G depending upon whether you keep distfiles |
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and packages on the same filesystem or not. |
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-Richard |
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