Bug#995770: mk-origtargz: repacking is slow when there are big folders Files-Excluded

Hi Yadd, On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:05:51 +0800 Blair Noctis wrote: > On Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:26:04 +0200 Yadd wrote: > > tags 995770 + wontfix > > thanks > > Hi Yadd, > > Would you mind giving a little explanation on why? I'm considerably slowed > down > by this when packaging rustc, a fairly lar

Bug#995770: mk-origtargz: repacking is slow when there are big folders Files-Excluded

Package: devscripts Version: 2.21.3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, mk-origtargz uses tar --delete to remove files listed in Files-Excluded. However, when there are huge folders with many files in it, then it calls tar --delete a huge amount of times. This is because the size of the tar --dele