Image size goes back to: 29.068.612
Looks like all package contents are cached in the image... Phil On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck < [email protected]> wrote: > Phil, what happens if you evaluate (and save after) to the big image: > > MCFileBasedRepository flushAllCaches. > 3 timesRepeat: [Smalltalk garbageCollect]. > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:30 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > >> [User.Techlab] → du -hs package-cache >> 5.3M package-cache >> >> Phil >> >> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> What is the total size of the package-cache, like du -hs ? >>> Could it be the same size of the difference in image size ? >>> That would mean that the contents of the packages themselves is cached >>> in the image... >>> >>> On 11 Nov 2013, at 10:39, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> > I am experiencing the following while loading my configuration. >>> > >>> > REPO=http://www.smalltalkhub.com/mc/philippeback/HOWebStack/main >>> > ./pharo Pharo.image config $REPO ConfigurationOfHOWebStack >>> --install=0.4 >>> > >>> > Everything loads fine. >>> > >>> > But: >>> > >>> > with a package-cache/ empty, the final image is: 44.452.060 with a >>> changes file of: 10.831.877 >>> > >>> > with a primed package-cache (meaning, letting the mczs in place and >>> starting with a fresh image), the final image is: 29.480.912 with a changes >>> file of: 10.830.899 >>> > >>> > That's quite a huge difference. >>> > >>> > I tried again to be sure (fresh image and empty package-cache, then >>> fresh image only) and, weirdly enough, even if the difference in size was >>> the same, the sizes themselves weren't.the same... >>> > >>> > 44.446.152 - 10.830.899 >>> > 29.986.284 - 10.831.543 >>> > >>> > Maybe that's due to a GC occurring differently between the two. >>> > >>> > But this gives the impression that one cannot load a base image, apply >>> a configuration, and end up with the same image twice. Weird. >>> > >>> > Why is this difference so large in the first place ? >>> > >>> > Phil >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Mariano > http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >
