It seems that this issue is only "worse" on BTRFS (OK, much worse)... but it is a sufficient issue even on ext4 that there is a bug report requesting a "no fsync" option for dpkg/apt in Debian's bug tracker!
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=588254 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #588254 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=588254 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/601299 Title: btrfs slow install -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
