[SOLVED] Sluggish database update times since new Arch install

LTSmash · 2008-03-26 03:39:01

Hi guys, this time I write to ask something about pacman that i find unusual.

Happens that I decided to reinstall my Arch like 2 months ago, and since then pacman takes a real longer time that it used to just to sync the databases, to be more accurate this sluggishness presents not when the progress bar is downloading the new DB, but between DB downloads (e.g. it takes about minute from the time it finishes downloading the core DB to when it starts to download the extra DB.)...

Any ideas?

Thanks for the support.

Last edited by LTSmash (2008-03-27 03:08:53)

imagelife · 2008-03-26 04:47:50

maybe the mirror is slowly!
yeah?

LTSmash · 2008-03-26 22:00:20

imagelife wrote:

maybe the mirror is slowly!
yeah?

Not really, because when it downloads anything it does that at full speed, and I have tried many mirrors but no luck, same sluggishness.

i have already optimized de pacman DB.

ibendiben · 2008-03-27 01:14:30

Try using rankmirrors to set up a good number of the fastest mirrors for your location, for me this changes everything!
I live in europe so I first delete every other mirror in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, then I enable all leftover mirrors and run:

rankmirrors -n10 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist #-n10 to only output the 10 best, change this number to your likings

for several times and replace the resulting 'overall top-listed mirrors' list in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Hope this does the trick for you too!

ps. You need python to use rankmirrors, I recommend you read the rankmirror man-page for further options

ibendiben · 2008-03-27 01:18:02

Also, do you happen to use a different filesystem? (like riserfs, xfs, jfs)

LTSmash · 2008-03-27 02:54:59

ibendiben wrote:

Try using rankmirrors to set up a good number of the fastest mirrors for your location, for me this changes everything!
I live in europe so I first delete every other mirror in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, then I enable all leftover mirrors and run:
rankmirrors -n10 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist #-n10 to only output the 10 best, change this number to your likings
for several times and replace the resulting 'overall top-listed mirrors' list in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Hope this does the trick for you too!
ps. You need python to use rankmirrors, I recommend you read the rankmirror man-page for further options

Ok, let me try...

Also, do you happen to use a different filesystem? (like riserfs, xfs, jfs)

Well, yeah, I'm using XFS

LTSmash · 2008-03-27 03:08:35

ibendiben wrote:

Try using rankmirrors to set up a good number of the fastest mirrors for your location, for me this changes everything!
I live in europe so I first delete every other mirror in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, then I enable all leftover mirrors and run:
rankmirrors -n10 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist #-n10 to only output the 10 best, change this number to your likings
for several times and replace the resulting 'overall top-listed mirrors' list in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Hope this does the trick for you too!
ps. You need python to use rankmirrors, I recommend you read the rankmirror man-page for further options

Well, it seems to me that this solved the problem. I had uncommented some lines at Czech Republic but live in Mexico, so that was lagging the pacman operations a lot. But now its fast as usual.

Thanks for your help

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#1 2008-03-26 03:39:01

[SOLVED] Sluggish database update times since new Arch install

#2 2008-03-26 04:47:50

Re: [SOLVED] Sluggish database update times since new Arch install

#3 2008-03-26 22:00:20

Re: [SOLVED] Sluggish database update times since new Arch install

#4 2008-03-27 01:14:30

Re: [SOLVED] Sluggish database update times since new Arch install

#5 2008-03-27 01:18:02

Re: [SOLVED] Sluggish database update times since new Arch install

#6 2008-03-27 02:54:59

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#7 2008-03-27 03:08:35

Re: [SOLVED] Sluggish database update times since new Arch install

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