On 2007-Jun-16 23:47:51 -0700, Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Kientzle wrote: >> The biggest time sink in pkg_add is writing each file to a temp >> dir then copying it to its final location. There are a couple ... > Hmmm.. not sure if you're referring to the temp creation of files in the > playpen portion of the set of programs, or something else, but as I see it > the playpen idea is a good one because it's like the Gentoo Linux version of > a sandbox, and in case something goes wrong during an install or the user > backs out, that's the way to go when dealing with a partially created / > installed package.
For the best of both worlds, put the files into the final location (or at least in the same FS) with a temporary name. Once you're satisfied that everything is OK, you can rename the files to their final names. This is a comparatively cheap operation (as long as you aren't running UFS without softupdates). > I'll definitely look into strace'ing (not really a big fan of truss(1) > yet) the operation though, just to see how fast or slow stuff is. ktrace can also provide timings. -- Peter Jeremy
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