> OK, so without much effort I can halve the disk IO from 6.5G to just > over 3G, and cut the zone package install time from over 6 minutes to > under 4. Given the crudeness of the hack, I wouldn't be surprised if it could > be improved further.
My question is: Why the ... should the entire file be rewritten over and over again when only a small fraction of it is changed (when you install another package)? If the same format is needed at the end of the install, why not let each package install put its contents into separate files and when it's all done, merge them. Writing 6.5GB for a file that is about 1/1000th of that is just insane.. For instance Debian has a separate file for each package and that seems to work just fine.. (and the install time is just a fraction of Solaris install time) /Tomas This message posted from opensolaris.org
