From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 14 05:32:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED46C16A419 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:32:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 968CE13C467 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:32:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.28]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 14 Feb 2008 00:32:40 -0500 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.6-GA) with ESMTP id JRO58106; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:32:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from 209-6-22-188.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.22.188]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 14 Feb 2008 00:31:34 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18355.53874.268607.782251@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:32:34 -0500 To: Matthew Seaman In-Reply-To: <47B33128.4070905@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20080213161759.GA34862@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <47B33128.4070905@infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Cc: Michel Talon , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade installing unexpected dependencies X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:32:36 -0000 Matthew Seaman writes: > It's not processor speed that's the ultimate determinant -- > building the INDEX is critically dependent on disk IO rates too. > I suspect the Michel probably has fast SAS drives and/or a pretty > useful hardware RAID controller whilst Robert is using run of the > mill IDE or SATA drives. 10k Seagate 80mb/s LVD SCSI. Robert Huff