On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 06:54:18PM +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote: > > The current dpkg database counts for less than 0.1% of the entire used > disk space of a typical Debian system. Even with the new meta-data, I > can't see this reaching anything over 0,5% of the entire used disk > space; especially as the new features reduce the need for "expensive" > maintainer scripts (about 75% of them go away entirely).
I think it makes more sense to measure database size as compared to the size of managed files. Conary manages 4.62 GiB on my system. We use a sqlite database that's 126 MiB. I have a 60 GB hard drive on my system, so that's roughly 0.2%. Cheers, Matt -- Matt Wilson Founding Engineer rPath, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
