pkg_info and an active /usr/ports is slow
Just wondering about the interaction of pkg_info (no args) and having a ports directory. Without it it's blazing fast, with it it is just slow and sometimes just breaks during the listing. There is nothing in the man page about it reading the ports directory or why it would want or need to. Most importantly there is no command line option to skip it. Thanks Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_info and an active /usr/ports is slow
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Chris Telting christopher...@telting.orgwrote: Just wondering about the interaction of pkg_info (no args) and having a ports directory. Without it it's blazing fast, with it it is just slow and sometimes just breaks during the listing. There is nothing in the man page about it reading the ports directory or why it would want or need to. Most importantly there is no command line option to skip it. Thanks Chris IIRC pkg_* checks a database that tools such as portupgrade utilize and this could slow things down. But I am not 100% sure. C- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_info and an active /usr/ports is slow
Just wondering about the interaction of pkg_info (no args) and having a ports directory. Without it it's blazing fast, with it it is just slow and sometimes just breaks during the listing. There is nothing in the man page about it reading the ports directory or why it would want or need to. Are you sure that this is actually the case? From a cursory look at the source code ( /usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/* ), I don't see how the mere presence of a populated PORTSDIR could affect pkg_info, at least for the most recent version ( # pkg_info --version Package tools revision: 20101012 ). Of course, if by active you mean that you are in the process of building, installing, or removing a port or package while running pkg_info at the same time, then this obviously would slow down both, because, apart from the usual delays involved in time-sharing, both may be attempting to simultaneously read and/or write to PKG_DBDIR, or other parts of the same disk. It is best to avoid such a situation. b. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
