Etaoin Shrdlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 28 September 2005 14:43, glumtail wrote: > >> You can alway rm /usr/portage/distfiles/ >> Those files can be downloaded again when emerge. > > Also, the block size of the file system in which /usr/portage lives can > make a big difference. > Try a clean /usr/portage on an ext2/3 filesystem vs. a /usr/portage on > reiserfs and you'll see what I mean.
I am using reiserfs but only on trial basis. I've noticed what appears to be quite a large increase in time needed for fs intensive things like du or rm -rf as compared to ext3 but I've done no real comparison testing. Have you noticed that too? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
