On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 15:30, Fran�ois Pons wrote: > Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Okay, just tried with --no-md5sum and it decided plf was current, so > > sounds like that's it. However, it seems the md5sum stage is responsible > > for the slowdown - the whole thing is a LOT faster with -a --no-md5sum > > than with just -a. Any idea why it takes so long? > > Check a /var/lib/urpmi/MD5SUM file is present ? and contains something ? > > Maybe urpmi compute each time md5sum ? which is not so normal...
Yeah, it seems to take longer than simply checking for its presence, unless that's being done very badly. As I said, it takes about four minutes for three sources. -- adamw
