Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 11:18:15 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_* slow? Message-ID: <20050327191815.GJ60345@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20050327165932.GA35968@holestein.holy.cow> References: <20050327125905.GI60345@elvis.mu.org> <20050327165932.GA35968@holestein.holy.cow>
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* Parv <parv@pair.com> [050327 08:59] wrote: > in message <20050327125905.GI60345@elvis.mu.org>, wrote Alfred > Perlstein thusly... > > > > I noticed that ports are very slow lately, what I realized is that > > the pkg_* tools on my machine spend a huge amount of time walking > > the /var/db/pkg/* files stat(2)'ing them and doing other > > operations. > > > > This gets really slow when one has 500+ packages installed. > > "pkg_info -[wRr]" is going to take its sweet time to look for the > requested information. "pkg_info -s" will be slow if there are > large number of files in a package. Plain "pkg_info" should be > rrelatively fast if the given arguments don't specify a "larger > number" of ports. > > One could create some sort of cache the that would (try to) minimize > file accesses/searches. The actual problem is when pkg_delete is used to delete a package as well as when the port is "registering installation" is when it appears to walk the /var/db/pkg/ directory. The problem can be seen on my machine if you install/deinstall the deskutils/logjam port. > > > - Parv > > -- -- - Alfred Perlstein - Research Engineering Development Inc. - email: bright@mu.org cell: 408-480-4684
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