On 11 Nov 2013, at 15:51, [email protected] wrote:

> Image size goes back to:
> 
> 29.068.612
> 
> Looks like all package contents are cached in the image…

But by a factor 3 ??

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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> -- 
> Mariano
> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
> 


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