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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How long does "Verifying /usr/portage" take?
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 20:46:05
Message-Id: phok9n$80t$1@blaine.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How long does "Verifying /usr/portage" take? by Grant Edwards
1 On 2018-07-06, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > Now that the public key stuff is working again (knock on wood), I'm
4 > curious if it's usual for an emerge --sync to take 10-15 minutes
5 > longer than it used due to the "Verifying /usr/portage" step.
6 >
7 > On some systems (with fewer packages installed) it only takes a minute
8 > or less. But, on my "main" desktop system it takes 10-15 minutes every
9 > time.
10
11 I cleared out /usr/portage/distfiles, and the verify time dropped to
12 about 10 seconds. I should probably do that more often...
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15 Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Hello, GORRY-O!!
16 at I'm a GENIUS from HARVARD!!
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