On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 05:42:30PM +1100, Ian McWilliam wrote: > Hi, > > Profiling potentially shows that things are being copied. If the process runs > long enough then garbage collection will kick in. > > I know it’s superficial for this process in the big picture and that > collecting package signatures is the culprit that needs a speed up. >
You mean port signatures, right ? One mode that could be useful would be to alternatively use the updatedb which contains all signatures "relatively" up-to-date.