Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:26:22 +1100 From: Kubilay Kocak <koobs@FreeBSD.org> To: soralx@cydem.org, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Speedup ports install Message-ID: <56306A8E.3070009@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20151027220549.2bb7a660@sol> References: <20151027220549.2bb7a660@sol>
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On 28/10/2015 4:05 PM, soralx@cydem.org wrote:
>
> Howdy!
>
> I have a suggestion: to significantly speedup the packaging phase
> when installing ports, pass '-f tgz' flag to `pkg create`:
> --- Mk/bsd.commands.mk (revision 400371)
> +++ Mk/bsd.commands.mk (working copy)
> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
> PKG_DELETE?= ${PKG_BIN} delete -y
> PKG_INFO?= ${PKG_BIN} info -g
> PKG_VERSION?= ${PKG_BIN} version
> -PKG_CREATE?= ${PKG_BIN} create
> +PKG_CREATE?= ${PKG_BIN} create -f tgz
> PKG_ADD?= ${PKG_BIN} add
> PKG_QUERY?= ${PKG_BIN} query
>
> This way, gzip will be used instead of default xz (which
> is very slow). The extra compression of xz is not needed,
> as the package file will be deleted shortly anyway.
>
> Same idea applies to portmaster. Change
> pkg_create="pkg create "
> to
> pkg_create="pkg create -f tgz "
> on line 1916 of 'portmaster' script.
>
> Ports install a lot faster this way, even on a machine with a fast CPU
> (especially noticeable when doing portupgrade with lots of small ports).
>
> Example. [root@soralx /usr/ports/science/paraview]# time make package
> With xz:
> ===> Building package for paraview-4.3.1_1
> real 1m41.120s
> user 1m40.070s
> sys 0m1.089s
> With gzip:
> ===> Building package for paraview-4.3.1_1
> real 0m15.931s
> user 0m15.010s
> sys 0m0.925s
> Note that `make package` will still produce xz-compressed file after
> the flag is added to "PKG_CREATE"; I changed the behaviour only for
> this example, to demonstrate the time difference (factor of ~6.7).
>
I would recommend creating a Bugzilla issue for this under the 'Ports &
Packages' Product, "Ports Framework" Component. It will be automatically
assigned to portmgr@ who can make a call on this proposal.
I'd also suggest commenting the entry (in your patch) so that its clear
why its being done. Something like:
# Use tgz (over xz) here for better installation performance
Nice work!
./koobs
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