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Subject: Re: pkg_info and an active /usr/ports is slow
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> Just wondering about the interaction of pkg_info (no args) and having a
> ports directory.
>
> Without it it's blazing fast, with it it is just slow and sometimes just
> breaks during the listing.
>
> There is nothing in the man page about it reading the ports directory or
> why it would want or need to.

Are you sure that this is actually the case?  From a cursory look at
the source code
( /usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/* ), I don't see how the mere
presence of a populated PORTSDIR could affect "pkg_info", at least for
the most recent version (

# pkg_info --version
Package tools revision: 20101012

).  Of course, if by "active" you mean that you are in the process of
building, installing, or removing a port or package while running
"pkg_info" at the same time, then this obviously would slow down both,
because, apart from the usual delays involved in time-sharing, both
may be attempting to simultaneously read and/or write to PKG_DBDIR, or
other parts of the same disk. It is best to avoid such a situation.

b.