Test on ext3 (Karmic upgraded to Lucid), 5400rpm notebook hd. Note that i think in addition to dropping the caches, we have to sync before running the test to get somewhat stable results.
Commands used (as root): sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches; time dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-common_1%3a3.2.0-7ubuntu4_all.deb | ts sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches; time dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/ubuntu-docs_10.04.3_all.deb | ts Results, old dpkg (1.15.5.6ubuntu4): openoffice.org-common: 26s unpack, 93s real ubuntu-docs: 24s unpack, 51s real Results, Colin's PPA dpkg (1.15.5.6ubuntu5~ppa1): openoffice.org-common: 31s unpack, 94s real ubuntu-docs: 23s unpack, 54s real So ext3 doesn't care at all - it's not regressing at least. -- [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
