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