Fwd: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-30 Thread Henry Kleynhans
---BeginMessage--- Actually, read through this article. It seems to indicate that the portage system will not be running any quicker any time soon. http://www.uwyn.com/resources/gentoo_departure.html On Wednesday 30 July 2003 01:08, Marius Mauch wrote: On 07/29/03 Fred Van Andel wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-30 Thread Dhruba Bandopadhyay
Bering wrote: Collins Richey wrote: On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:32:59 -0400 daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On July 29, 2003 01:50 pm, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: Emerge sync was never really 'quick' as such. A lot of files (~5) files get updated each time including cache during the 'hang' that

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-30 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Bering, Nachricht vom Mittwoch, 30. Juli 2003, 01:51:04: Agreed! Just put emerge sync in a cron job or during the night, and you'll never know how much time it took ;) I will know, because it will still be running at the morning. With my old laptop (Pentium-75), I sleep less than an emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread Dhruba Bandopadhyay
William Hubbs wrote: Hi all, has anyone else noticed that emerge sync is taking a lot longer lately? I have noticed that lately it is taking a lot longer to finish -- After the message Updating portage cache . Done. It just hangs there for a long time then finally exits. I saw a

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread daniel
On July 29, 2003 01:50 pm, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: Emerge sync was never really 'quick' as such. A lot of files (~5) files get updated each time including cache during the 'hang' that you mention. Unless you have a very fast computer it will take some time. so what're the chances that

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread Marius Mauch
On 07/29/03 daniel wrote: On July 29, 2003 01:50 pm, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: Emerge sync was never really 'quick' as such. A lot of files (~5) files get updated each time including cache during the 'hang' that you mention. Unless you have a very fast computer it will take some

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread William Hubbs
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 02:32:59PM -0400, daniel wrote: On July 29, 2003 01:50 pm, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: Emerge sync was never really 'quick' as such. A lot of files (~5) files get updated each time including cache during the 'hang' that you mention. Unless you have a very fast

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread Marius Mauch
On 07/29/03 William Hubbs wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 02:32:59PM -0400, daniel wrote: On July 29, 2003 01:50 pm, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: Emerge sync was never really 'quick' as such. A lot of files (~5) files get updated each time including cache during the 'hang' that you

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread Jerry McBride
It'd be most excellent if portage used a faster database engine... say mysql.. to catalog it's data. On Tuesday 29 July 2003 05:15 pm, daniel wrote: On July 29, 2003 04:48 pm, Marius Mauch wrote: The better way would be to rewrite portage with a modular approach, so it can use different

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread Collins Richey
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:32:59 -0400 daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On July 29, 2003 01:50 pm, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: Emerge sync was never really 'quick' as such. A lot of files (~5) files get updated each time including cache during the 'hang' that you mention. so what're

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread Marius Mauch
On 07/29/03 daniel wrote: On July 29, 2003 04:48 pm, Marius Mauch wrote: The better way would be to rewrite portage with a modular approach, so it can use different backends (the current code is not very friendly for that). But that needs a lot of time. alright then, i have some (not

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread Fred Van Andel
Marius Mauch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (07/29/2003 15:08) On 07/29/03 daniel wrote: On July 29, 2003 04:48 pm, Marius Mauch wrote: The better way would be to rewrite portage with a modular approach, so it can use different backends (the current code is not very friendly for that). But

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread Marius Mauch
On 07/29/03 Fred Van Andel wrote: Marius Mauch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (07/29/2003 15:08) On 07/29/03 daniel wrote: On July 29, 2003 04:48 pm, Marius Mauch wrote: The better way would be to rewrite portage with a modular approach, so it can use different backends (the current

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread Bering
Collins Richey wrote: On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:32:59 -0400 daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On July 29, 2003 01:50 pm, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: Emerge sync was never really 'quick' as such. A lot of files (~5) files get updated each time including cache during the 'hang' that you mention.

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge sync taking forever

2003-07-29 Thread Ian Truelsen
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:27:28 -0400 Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It'd be most excellent if portage used a faster database engine... say mysql.. to catalog it's data. I would be all for this, so long as it is optional. I don't want to have mysql running on a firewall say, just to