What is the total size of the package-cache, like du -hs ? Could it be the same size of the difference in image size ? That would mean that the contents of the packages themselves is cached in the image...
On 11 Nov 2013, at 10:39, p...@highoctane.be wrote: > I am experiencing the following while loading my configuration. > > REPO=http://www.smalltalkhub.com/mc/philippeback/HOWebStack/main > ./pharo Pharo.image config $REPO ConfigurationOfHOWebStack --install=0.4 > > Everything loads fine. > > But: > > with a package-cache/ empty, the final image is: 44.452.060 with a changes > file of: 10.831.877 > > with a primed package-cache (meaning, letting the mczs in place and starting > with a fresh image), the final image is: 29.480.912 with a changes file of: > 10.830.899 > > That's quite a huge difference. > > I tried again to be sure (fresh image and empty package-cache, then fresh > image only) and, weirdly enough, even if the difference in size was the same, > the sizes themselves weren't.the same... > > 44.446.152 - 10.830.899 > 29.986.284 - 10.831.543 > > Maybe that's due to a GC occurring differently between the two. > > But this gives the impression that one cannot load a base image, apply a > configuration, and end up with the same image twice. Weird. > > Why is this difference so large in the first place ? > > Phil > > > >
