pkgtools improvements - approx 20% speed improvement upgrading packages
by drmozes from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5JS4T)
Hello
I forgot to mention in one of the recent updates, that the pkgtools upgrade will yield a 20% (and in some cases significantly more) performance improvement when upgrading packages.
It was quite unexpected too - as I was working on the new os-initrd-mgr tool, I happened upon the problem of rebuilding the OS InitRD twice, due to the way upgradepkg works. This also affects Slackware x86/64. Patrick improved upgradepkg and installpkg and those changes speed up x86/64 too!
Enjoy the speed improvements!
I forgot to mention in one of the recent updates, that the pkgtools upgrade will yield a 20% (and in some cases significantly more) performance improvement when upgrading packages.
It was quite unexpected too - as I was working on the new os-initrd-mgr tool, I happened upon the problem of rebuilding the OS InitRD twice, due to the way upgradepkg works. This also affects Slackware x86/64. Patrick improved upgradepkg and installpkg and those changes speed up x86/64 too!
Enjoy the speed improvements!