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On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 07:25:42 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> Since when you run emerge it loads everything into ram, |
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> regardless of whether portages work directory is on tmpfs or not, it |
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> doesn't matter. This test is NOT about portage loading things into ram |
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> WHILE emerging, it was about having the work directory on tmpfs and |
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> speed. |
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Of course it doesn't. The tarball is unpacked from DISTDIR to the work |
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directory. Then individual source files in the work directory are |
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compiled to object files, also in the work directory. Then those object |
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files are linked to executables, also in the work directory. Finally, |
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everything is install to an image directory, also on TMPDIR. The speed of |
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the work directory would appear to be of critical importance - but it |
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isn't, as shown by your tests. The reason for this, and the point |
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everyone else has been making, is because the files are cached by the |
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kernel, so the filesystem is less important if you have enough RAM. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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