On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 08:57:03PM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote:
> Indeed it accounts for some part of the problem; after I cloned and
> replaced my /var/lib/dpkg/info tree with the copy, the figure dropped
> from 22 seconds to 15 seconds.
It's not that. It's /var/lib/dpkg/available.
Try this:
for x in /var/lib/apt/lists/*Packages;do dpkg --merge-avail "$x";done
(or "dselect update")
Install+purge of an empty package:
9-ish seconds on one box (my home desktop, years of use)
6-ish seconds on another (a slow server)
dpkg --clear-avail
Install+purge of an empty package:
0.182s on the slow server
3ish seconds on the desktop
The difference between those 0.182s and 3s is due to removed and even purged
packages staying in the available file.
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