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#1 2008-01-23 19:51:07
- Misfit138
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New message after pacman-optimize. Which sync operation?
After running pacman-optimize:
==> Finished. Your pacman database has been optimized.
==> For full benefits of pacman-optimize, run 'sync' now.Is it asking me to sync pacman, (pacman -Sy) or just run
# sync?
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#2 2008-01-23 19:52:23
- Cerebral
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Re: New message after pacman-optimize. Which sync operation?
I assume it means run
# syncwhen it says "run sync"
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#3 2008-01-23 19:57:23
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Re: New message after pacman-optimize. Which sync operation?
-Sy = sync , at least the way i see it
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#4 2008-01-23 20:01:02
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Re: New message after pacman-optimize. Which sync operation?
From man sync:
SYNC(1) User Commands SYNC(1)
NAME
sync - flush file system buffers
SYNOPSIS
sync [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.That certainly sounds like it'd give you the full benefits of pacman-optimize, which is essentially a defragger.
Running pacman -Sy immediately after running pacman-optimize might just undo some of the work pacman-optimize did, since it downloads entirely new sync repos and replaces the existing ones.
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#5 2008-01-23 20:03:24
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Re: New message after pacman-optimize. Which sync operation?
LOL, 2 different points of view. Thanks 
I ran both, to be sure.
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#6 2008-01-23 20:05:04
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Re: New message after pacman-optimize. Which sync operation?
From man sync:
SYNC(1) User Commands SYNC(1) NAME sync - flush file system buffers SYNOPSIS sync [OPTION] DESCRIPTION Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.That certainly sounds like it'd give you the full benefits of pacman-optimize, which is essentially a defragger.
Running pacman -Sy immediately after running pacman-optimize might just undo some of the work pacman-optimize did, since it downloads entirely new sync repos and replaces the existing ones.
Makes sense. 
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#7 2008-01-23 20:08:59
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Re: New message after pacman-optimize. Which sync operation?
I would run -Sy before, and sync after, for the reasons given by Cerebral.
pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))
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#8 2008-01-24 08:42:04
- Basn
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Re: New message after pacman-optimize. Which sync operation?
Heh, i can say i tought they ment pacman -Sy, but i clearly see why to use sync when i saw that manpage
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