I ran some tests on my Dell Latitude D430, which has ext4 and a ridiculously slo w hard disk. I tested with:
$ echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches; sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-common_1%3a3.2.0-7ubuntu4_all.deb | ts old dpkg: openoffice.org-common: 56s unpack, 25s config/triggers ubuntu-docs: 25s unpack, 4s config Colin's PPA dpkg: openoffice.org-common: 23s unpack, 23s config/triggers ubuntu-docs: 23s unpack, 4s config So it makes quite a difference for the unpacking of openoffice.org- common (2860 files, huge), and not so much for ubuntu-docs (7454 files, smaller) -- [regression] dpkg fsync cause massive regression in Ubuntu Server and Alternate installation times https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
