On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 11:17:19AM +0100, Wookey wrote: > +++ Thorsten Glaser [2014-10-13 12:05 +0200]: > > sbuild/buildd runs apt-get update, but not apt-get *upgrade, > > before each build. But I assume this should not be changed > > either… > > I _think_ we don't do this because the upgrading uses a lot of time on > buildds, especially slow ones. I did do this (build in snapshot, > upgrade for every build) for the whole arm64 debian-ports bootstrap > and it worked fine, but the buildd did spend a lot of time upgrading > the same packages over and over until the snapshot was updated (which > was manual and done approx weekly). This particularly adds overhead to > small, quick builds.
_Weekly_? I'd call that insane. During my armhf rebuild, I did this every 6 hours, and I still saw some repeated upgrades. > I would favour a daily snapshot/chroot upgrade (as opposed to > doing it on every build) as a compromise between 'every build' and > 'weeklyish'. As my single armhf machine averaged around 350 packages a day, I think a hourly cronjob would be a better compromise. This number fits somewhat irregular mirror updates, with non-dinstalled sources it might be good to go even more frequent. -- // If you believe in so-called "intellectual property", please immediately // cease using counterfeit alphabets. Instead, contact the nearest temple // of Amon, whose priests will provide you with scribal services for all // your writing needs, for Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory prices. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141013194609.ga6...@angband.pl