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On Wednesday 28 September 2005 15:55, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org> writes: |
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> > On Wednesday 28 September 2005 14:43, glumtail wrote: |
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> >> You can alway rm /usr/portage/distfiles/ |
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> >> Those files can be downloaded again when emerge. |
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> > Also, the block size of the file system in which /usr/portage lives can |
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> > make a big difference. |
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> > Try a clean /usr/portage on an ext2/3 filesystem vs. a /usr/portage on |
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> > reiserfs and you'll see what I mean. |
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> I am using reiserfs but only on trial basis. I've noticed what |
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> appears to be quite a large increase in time needed for fs intensive |
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> things like du or rm -rf as compared to ext3 but I've done no real |
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> comparison testing. |
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> Have you noticed that too? |
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no, but I noticed, that reiserfs needs much less space with small files (like |
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portage tree) than ext2/3. |
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