Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
On Saturday 25 February 2006 07:37, Alexander Skwar wrote: Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: that is the only change I remember at the moment (and which did not went into the wiki). Not true anymore :) I just added your changes to the wiki. 'your' is correct, because I 'stole' it from the forum's thread ;) Nice, that you updated the wiki. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
On Friday 24 February 2006 07:00, Alexander Skwar wrote: Alexander Kirillov wrote: If I got it right here's the link for those interested: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb Does this work with recent portage releases? it stopped some weeks ago - but in the gentoo forums was updated instructions. I am not sure, if the instructions in the wiki got updated but that is easy to find out. Try it. If it does not work, go to the forum ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: On Friday 24 February 2006 07:00, Alexander Skwar wrote: Alexander Kirillov wrote: If I got it right here's the link for those interested: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb Does this work with recent portage releases? it stopped some weeks ago - but in the gentoo forums was updated instructions. I am not sure, if the instructions in the wiki got updated but that is easy to find out. Try it. If it does not work, go to the forum ;) *LOL* - Now, that's what I'd call a practical approach :) I just wondered, because even in the most recent portage releases, there's an einfo text stating, that the cdb caching module needs to be rewritten. But, I'll follow your advice and just try it. Thanks! Alexander Skwar -- If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, then you clearly don't understand the situation. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
On Friday 24 February 2006 15:37, Alexander Skwar wrote: Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: On Friday 24 February 2006 07:00, Alexander Skwar wrote: Alexander Kirillov wrote: If I got it right here's the link for those interested: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb Does this work with recent portage releases? it stopped some weeks ago - but in the gentoo forums was updated instructions. I am not sure, if the instructions in the wiki got updated but that is easy to find out. Try it. If it does not work, go to the forum ;) *LOL* - Now, that's what I'd call a practical approach :) I just wondered, because even in the most recent portage releases, there's an einfo text stating, that the cdb caching module needs to be rewritten. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-261580.html is the thread. But beware, in /usr/portage/modules you need this: portdbapi.auxdbmodule = cache.cdb.database eclass_cache.dbmodule = cache.cdb.database not that: portdbapi.auxdbmodule = portage_db_cdb.database eclass_cache.dbmodule = portage_db_cdb.database that is the only change I remember at the moment (and which did not went into the wiki). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: that is the only change I remember at the moment (and which did not went into the wiki). Not true anymore :) I just added your changes to the wiki. Thanks a lot, Alexander Skwar -- Yow! I'm having a quadrophonic sensation of two winos alone in a steel mill! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
On Thursday 23 February 2006 11:26, Alexander Kirillov wrote: I already think Gentoo base system requirements are a bit heavy just having python in there. (I'm trying to run gentoo on my WRT54G 1.1; storage over nfs/nbd) It would be completely over-the-top to require Modula 3 support as well. Just tried cvsup on a FreeBSD box (in vmware) and it totally sucked. Took 1hr 20 min to update on a 512KB DSL. Link wasn't even saturated! Might as well be on 56K connection. DL rate max I've seen was 8KB/s BSD ports system may not be as complex as Gentoo's and needs more attention to maintain port dependencies but this abuse of make IS REAL FAST. portage is REAL SLOW. So you should install/use cdb, which makes the whole rsync/update process REAL FAST. If you sync regularly it's usually within 5 min. it is, with cdb. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
BSD ports system may not be as complex as Gentoo's and needs more attention to maintain port dependencies but this abuse of make IS REAL FAST. portage is REAL SLOW. So you should install/use cdb, which makes the whole rsync/update process REAL FAST. If you sync regularly it's usually within 5 min. it is, with cdb. Thanks for the hint. If I got it right here's the link for those interested: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb Looks very interesting and I wonder why is it not in portage yet? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
On Friday 24 February 2006 00:39, Alexander Kirillov wrote: BSD ports system may not be as complex as Gentoo's and needs more attention to maintain port dependencies but this abuse of make IS REAL FAST. portage is REAL SLOW. So you should install/use cdb, which makes the whole rsync/update process REAL FAST. If you sync regularly it's usually within 5 min. it is, with cdb. Thanks for the hint. If I got it right here's the link for those interested: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb Looks very interesting and I wonder why is it not in portage yet? well ,the chat log tells you why ;) but you also look into the forum. A portage update broke it for me, and in the forum were updated instructions - I don't know, if the gentoowiki was updated too. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
Alexander Kirillov wrote: If I got it right here's the link for those interested: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb Does this work with recent portage releases? Alexander Skwar -- My pan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national debt. George W. Bush February 27, 2001 From a speech concerning the proposed federal budget. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 18:38, Aniruddha Shankar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync': That I can live with. It's the updating portage cache - especially the long wait at 50% that drags. Go ~ for portage, I don't experience such a delay. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 05:24 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Tuesday 21 February 2006 04:07, Ow Mun Heng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync': Anyone wants to comment?? I already think Gentoo base system requirements are a bit heavy just having python in there. (I'm trying to run gentoo on my WRT54G 1.1; storage over nfs/nbd) It would be completely over-the-top to require Modula 3 support as well. Just tried cvsup on a FreeBSD box (in vmware) and it totally sucked. Took 1hr 20 min to update on a 512KB DSL. Link wasn't even saturated! Might as well be on 56K connection. DL rate max I've seen was 8KB/s -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 10:04:41 up 1 day, 11:39, 5 users, load average: 0.38, 0.21, 0.33 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
On 2/21/06, Ow Mun Heng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [SNIP] * Local changes will be preserved if you want them to, just like anoncvs. Anyone who's ever had their package.mask file overwritten by an emerge rsync will appreciate this feature. [SNIP] If you don't want loose your package.mask, use /etc/portage/package.mask. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 04:07, Ow Mun Heng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync': Anyone wants to comment?? I already think Gentoo base system requirements are a bit heavy just having python in there. (I'm trying to run gentoo on my WRT54G 1.1; storage over nfs/nbd) It would be completely over-the-top to require Modula 3 support as well. That said, it would be nice to do away with the building file list... delay we have with rsync. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy -- Portage needs to be written in C. -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVSup vs Gentoo's Rsync
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: That said, it would be nice to do away with the building file list... delay we have with rsync. That I can live with. It's the updating portage cache - especially the long wait at 50% that drags. K -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD+7JqhJkrd6A3rSsRAhCjAKCpM2MJOicqgRrS/qcfnPZhrbyXzQCfVPMz ulCZNtBVarR+QTXE4Xw0+4Q= =tlOw -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
