[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2014-09-13 Thread Bráulio
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 570805 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570805 really slow here on a updated trusty. several minutes to update; before it was a few seconds! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. htt

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2011-03-06 Thread Phillip Susi
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 570805 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570805 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 570805 [regression] dpkg's fsync causes massive regression in Ubuntu Server and Alternate installation times * You can subscribe to bug 570805 by following t

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2011-03-06 Thread Phillip Susi
This was fixed upstream and made it into Natty, so marking development task as fixed. ** Changed in: dpkg Importance: Medium => Unknown ** Changed in: dpkg Status: Confirmed => Unknown ** Changed in: dpkg Remote watch: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #15910 => Debian Bug tracker #584254 **

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2011-02-03 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: dpkg Importance: Unknown => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 Title: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update -- ubuntu-bugs mailing l

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2011-01-24 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: dpkg Status: Unknown => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 Title: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update -- ubuntu-bugs mailin

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-09-14 Thread Philip Muškovac
see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=584254 for adding a --force-unsafe-io option. (Can someone please really implement that? the sync() calls are wasting a lot of time if you use pbuilder frequently) ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #584254 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-09-12 Thread zzarko
I have the same problem, system slowdown and a very long updates. I have the measurement for speed-dreams package 1.4.0 installed from command line (sudo dpkg -i speed*) for Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04. Both installations are on the same machine, same HD (different partitions, ext4 for 10.04, ext3 fot

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-06-30 Thread Q
We use a PXE environment to deploy user laptops based on Ubuntu. The installation process is a real pain due to this issue. Hardware is stressed a lot, the hard drive of our notebooks are constantly making grinding noises. A full desktop installation takes more than an hour which is just unnecess

Re: [Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-06-02 Thread Jakob Unterwurzacher
Am 02/06/10 17:45, schrieb jgreenso: > Forgive me if this is unrelated but we've just installed 10.04 from a > network install cd onto a Dell R210 with RAID-1 using ext4 as /. The > disks report back damn fast using hdparm -tT and using dd, but when dpkg > says it's unpacked it's files there seems

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-06-02 Thread jgreenso
Forgive me if this is unrelated but we've just installed 10.04 from a network install cd onto a Dell R210 with RAID-1 using ext4 as /. The disks report back damn fast using hdparm -tT and using dd, but when dpkg says it's unpacked it's files there seems to be a massive delay before progressing to c

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-05-12 Thread Michael Kofler
I guess this bug also causes the massive slow-down during the Ubuntu installation (compared to earlier Ubuntu versions). I had already several reports about the standard installation hanging at 95 % (or whatever other percentage). At this point the dpkg database is built/updated/whatever. The inst

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-05-08 Thread Bertrand Mathieu
My concern is not related to the time it takes, but the disk activity and loss of responsiveness during package updates: it's all about user perception. When the change has been introduced, I noticed a lot of writes to the disk with a lot of time spent in syscall (quite normal for frequent fsync)

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-05-05 Thread Jean-Baptiste Lallement
** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #15910 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15910 ** Also affects: dpkg via http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15910 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https:

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-04-28 Thread Colin Watson
Jean-Baptiste, could you please report an upstream bug about this on bugzilla.kernel.org, since you have the reproduction recipe to hand? (ext4 upstream isn't particularly keen on Launchpad.) -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-04-27 Thread Phillip Susi
The build daemons, brand new installs and certain other environments really don't care if the install is corrupted during a crash, and so would very much prefer to disable the syncing if this could be changed to a runtime option that can be defeated. -- My computer updates are very slow since lat

Re: [Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-04-20 Thread Phillip Susi
On 4/20/2010 6:31 AM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement wrote: > auto_da_alloc doesn't even detect the replace via rename situation > (in fact it does, but only in the simplest cases) Ahh, so it *IS* broken, even with data=ordered. > It's not the place to discuss about it since this report is about > perfo

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-04-20 Thread Jean-Baptiste Lallement
Philip, the 247 reporters of the original report (#512096) didn't intentionally break their system. I suppose that most of them don't even know what data=writeback is. To reproduce it on a fresh lucid setup: - to be sure that the right mount options are set add "auto_da_alloc,data=ordered" to the

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-04-19 Thread Phillip Susi
I believe that the failure only occurs when you intentionally *BREAK* your filesystem by using data=writeback, so a factor of two performance penalty for a protection that is unneeded on the default data=ordered mode is unacceptable to me. At the very least the syncing should only be done if data=

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-04-19 Thread Colin Watson
And BTW it is definitely not anywhere near as bad as before from all the measurements I've taken and seen. ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Lucid) Milestone: ubuntu-10.04-beta-1 => None ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Critical => Medium ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Lucid) As

Re: [Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-04-19 Thread Colin Watson
To be perfectly honest, a factor of two is acceptable in my view when the trade-off is *hard failures* elsewhere. I believe I was already quite clear about this on IRC, but I'm not going to change this further for Lucid. Sorry. -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-04-18 Thread Phillip Susi
Reopening this bug since -ubuntu4 has reintroduced it. It may not be as bad as before, since cjwatson said on irc that syncing is now only performed after unpacking all files in a single package, but I just tested upgrading beta 2 to current and the time to upgrade went from 6m21s to 11m15s. To t

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-16 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package dpkg - 1.15.5.6ubuntu3 --- dpkg (1.15.5.6ubuntu3) lucid; urgency=low * Revert fsync during package unpack for now; it's unacceptably slow for packages with lots of small files, and we can't ship beta-1 this way. We'll do something better onc

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-16 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/dpkg -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.c

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-16 Thread Colin Watson
** Also affects: dpkg (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Confirmed => In Progress ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Lucid) Assignee: (unassigned)

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-15 Thread Alessandro Ghersi
Same here, dpkg is very slow. I don't know if it's related to this bug, maybe so, but I installed Lucid daily and it takes one hour to complete the installation with quad core 3.2 Ghz on a fast hard disk. -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-15 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
for me, ext4, /dev/sda6 / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 0 (from mtab) no lvm, no raid (a really classical installation, but with a separate /home) Disk : average access time : 15,2ms, average reading speed : 66,2Mo/s (tested with palimptest, no write data available because not empty) Do yo

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-15 Thread Jean-Baptiste Lallement
Thanks for testing, that's much appreciated. Could you please provide the following information: - Filesystem type (ext3/4, xfs, ...) - mount options - Any specific configuration (lvm, raid, ...) - hard drive specs - If possible, an estimation of the slowdown (you'd better use the 'time' command

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-14 Thread Rogério Theodoro de Brito
Hi. I am also seeing the bug that Nicolas just reported. Since my computer is slower, the "slowness" is also magnified when used with the newer version of dpkg. If any further information is needed, please let me know. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- My computer updates are very slow since latest d

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-12 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
Many files, but you have the transparency ! My "script" was : date -R > txtnewdpkg2.txt && apt-get -y -q install linux-image-generic- pae linux-headers-generic-pae &> actions_apt_dpkg_new2.txt && date -R >> txtnewdpkg2.txt or date -R > txtnewdpkg.txt && apt-get -y -q install texlive-latex-extra

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-12 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
** Attachment added: "times of starting and ending with kernel install packages and new dpkg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40880634/dates_new_dpkg_kernel.txt -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-12 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
** Attachment added: "list of packages for kernel install with new dpkg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40880626/apt_new_dpkg_kernel.txt -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-12 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
** Attachment added: "times of starting and ending with kernel install packages and old dpkg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40880624/dates_old_dpkg_kernel.txt -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-12 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
** Attachment added: "list of packages for kernel install with old dpkg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40880605/apt_old_dpkg_kernel.txt -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-12 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
** Attachment added: "times of starting and ending with "benchmark" packages and new dpkg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40880576/dates_new_dpkg_bench.txt -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notification b

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-12 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
** Attachment added: "list of packages for benchmark with new dpkg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40880572/apt_new_dpkg_bench.txt -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-12 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
** Attachment added: "times of starting and ending with "benchmark" packages and old dpkg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40880542/dates_old_dpkg_bench.txt -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notification b

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-12 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
** Attachment added: "list of packages for benchmark with old dpkg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40880530/apt_old_dpkg_bench.txt -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-12 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
for installing the -pae kernel with its headers, 23sec with old and 420sec with new dpkg... it's a dramatic slow down. -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-12 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
For all these packages, install time (without downloading) is 16sec with old and 192sec with new dpkg. (will soon add files with start and end time, and dpkg actions with these packages (using apt)) -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/5372

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-11 Thread Jean-Baptiste Lallement
I use to play with the texlive package. They are non critical, and some of them are shipping a large number of files. texlive-latex-extra-doc (+8k files) texlive-generic-recommended (~ 300 files and install-info and tex-common triggers ) hello or bsdgames are rather small but good for testing pur

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-11 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
I got the dpkg packages (thanks archive.u.com not delete previous versions too fast !) but if you want a reliable benchmarking test I need a list of packages to reinstall (maybe a kernel, kernel headers and packages with triggers ? Seems to me they were the slowest ones). I'm waiting for your advic

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-11 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
I suppose in that case that trying reinstalling packages could make the benchmark, and that it won't matter reinstall a package which the previous dpkg package. -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notification

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-11 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
not really, unless you give me a link to the previous version package and a list of packages which could make a good benchmark. In that last case I would be happy to help testing and comparing. -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 Yo

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-11 Thread Jean-Baptiste Lallement
Thanks. That was expected because few fsync have been added to prevent data loss when the system crashes during an upgrade (bug 512096) Are you able to compare the performances of the latest version of dpkg with the previous version? ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-11 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
Take in account that these times are given on a intel core2quad @ 2,66 Ghz... -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-03-11 Thread Nicolas DERIVE
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40781298/Dependencies.txt -- My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537241 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed