On Thursday 23 February 2006 11:26, Alexander Kirillov wrote: > >>I already think Gentoo base system requirements are a bit heavy just > >> having python in there. (I'm trying to run gentoo on my WRT54G 1.1; > >> storage over nfs/nbd) It would be completely over-the-top to require > >> Modula 3 support as well. > > > > Just tried cvsup on a FreeBSD box (in vmware) and it totally sucked. > > Took 1hr 20 min to update on a 512KB DSL. > > > > Link wasn't even saturated! Might as well be on 56K connection. DL rate > > max I've seen was 8KB/s > > BSD ports system may not be as complex as Gentoo's > and needs more attention to maintain port dependencies > but this "abuse of make" IS REAL FAST.
portage is REAL SLOW. So you should install/use cdb, which makes the whole rsync/update process REAL FAST. > If you sync regularly it's usually within 5 min. it is, with cdb. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
