On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:10:37 +0200, Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have doubts, have you measured the real difference?
Yes, I have. Test was done in a sid chroot that hasn't been updated for like two weeks. |$ time sudo aptitude update |Reading package lists... Done |Building dependency tree... Done |Reading extended state information |Initializing package states... Done |Building tag database... Done |Ign http://zg.debian.zugschlus.de zg/sid Release.gpg |Ign http://zg.debian.zugschlus.de zg/sid Release |Ign http://zg.debian.zugschlus.de zg/sid/main Packages/DiffIndex |Ign http://zg.debian.zugschlus.de zg/sid/contrib Packages/DiffIndex |Get:1 http://zg.debian.zugschlus.de zg/sid/main Packages [7506B] |Hit http://zg.debian.zugschlus.de zg/sid/contrib Packages |Get:2 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid Release.gpg [189B] |Get:3 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid Release [38.3kB] |Ign http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid Release |Get:4 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid/main Packages/DiffIndex [12.6kB] |Get:5 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid/contrib Packages/DiffIndex [12.5kB] |Get:6 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid/main Sources/DiffIndex [12.5kB] |Get:7 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid/contrib Sources/DiffIndex [12.5kB] |Get:8 2006-06-22-1336.37.pdiff [16.0kB] |Get:9 2006-06-22-1336.37.pdiff [16.0kB] |Get:10 2006-06-22-1336.37.pdiff [180B] |Get:11 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|Get:131 2006-07-05-1243.59.pdiff [596B] |Get:132 2006-07-03-0046.25.pdiff [10.1kB] |Get:133 2006-07-03-0046.25.pdiff [768kB] |Get:134 2006-07-03-0046.25.pdiff [10.1kB] |Get:135 2006-07-06-1242.31.pdiff [225B] |Get:136 2006-07-06-1242.31.pdiff [225B] |Get:137 2006-07-03-1239.27.pdiff [352B] |Get:138 2006-07-03-1239.27.pdiff [21.4kB] |Get:139 2006-07-03-0046.25.pdiff [10.1kB] |Get:140 2006-07-03-1239.27.pdiff [21.4kB] |Get:141 2006-07-05-1243.59.pdiff [1046B] |Get:142 2006-07-05-1243.59.pdiff [1046B] |Get:143 2006-07-06-1242.31.pdiff [225B] |Get:144 2006-07-03-1239.27.pdiff [21.4kB] |Get:145 2006-07-03-1239.27.pdiff [8854B] |Get:146 2006-07-03-1239.27.pdiff [8854B] |Get:147 2006-07-05-1243.59.pdiff [1046B] |Get:148 2006-07-03-1239.27.pdiff [8854B] |Get:149 2006-07-04-1241.41.pdiff [29.4kB] |Get:150 2006-07-04-1241.41.pdiff [29.4kB] |Get:151 2006-07-04-1241.41.pdiff [29.4kB] |Get:152 2006-07-04-1241.41.pdiff [11.7kB] |Get:153 2006-07-04-1241.41.pdiff [11.7kB] |Get:154 2006-07-04-1241.41.pdiff [11.7kB] |Get:155 2006-07-05-1243.59.pdiff [62.9kB] |Get:156 2006-07-05-1243.59.pdiff [62.9kB] |Get:157 2006-07-05-1243.59.pdiff [62.9kB] |Get:158 2006-07-05-1243.59.pdiff [20.8kB] |Get:159 2006-07-05-1243.59.pdiff [20.8kB] |Get:160 2006-07-05-1243.59.pdiff [20.8kB] |Get:161 2006-07-06-1242.31.pdiff [44.0kB] |Get:162 2006-07-06-1242.31.pdiff [44.0kB] |Get:163 2006-07-06-1242.31.pdiff [44.0kB] |Get:164 2006-07-06-1242.31.pdiff [12.9kB] |Get:165 2006-07-06-1242.31.pdiff [12.9kB] |Get:166 2006-07-06-1242.31.pdiff [12.9kB] |Fetched 2766kB in 1m2s (44.0kB/s) |Reading package lists... Done |W: GPG error: http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid Release: Could not execute '/usr/bin/gpgv' to verify signature (is gnupg installed?) |W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems | |real 1m9.789s |user 0m54.259s |sys 0m8.921s |$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* |rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/partial': Is a directory |$ time sudo aptitude update |Reading package lists... Done |Building dependency tree... Done |Reading extended state information |Initializing package states... Done |Building tag database... Done |Ign http://zg.debian.zugschlus.de zg/sid Release.gpg |Get:1 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid Release.gpg [189B] |Ign http://zg.debian.zugschlus.de zg/sid Release |Get:2 http://zg.debian.zugschlus.de zg/sid/main Packages [7506B] |Get:3 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid Release [38.3kB] |Get:4 http://zg.debian.zugschlus.de zg/sid/contrib Packages [20B] |Ign http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid Release |Get:5 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid/main Packages [5603kB] |Get:6 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid/contrib Packages [76.2kB] |Get:7 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid/main Sources [1644kB] |Get:8 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid/contrib Sources [24.8kB] |Fetched 7394kB in 5s (1478kB/s) |Reading package lists... Done |W: GPG error: http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid Release: Could not execute '/usr/bin/gpgv' to verify signature (is gnupg installed?) |W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems | |real 0m8.479s |user 0m4.640s |sys 0m1.068s |$ exit Updating with pdiffs took one minute nine seconds while downloading a completely new set of list files took eight seconds. Test environment was quite unfair though (an old machine with an 1200 MHz CPU and a single, slow disk on an 100 MBit link to a rather local mirror). Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834