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#1 2009-07-05 03:02:09
- virati
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[Solved]Pacman file delay
Just reinstalled arch onto my main machine and I noticed that, before I had -Syu'd back up to bleeding-edge my pacman was working flawlessly. After an -Syu there is a very noticeable delay (~7sec) between every file transfer. I also noticed this delay BEFORE reinstalling arch on my old configuration. I'm not entirely sure where the difference may come from,
I don't remember pacman being one of the packages being updated in the -Syu.
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#2 2009-07-05 19:37:32
- 112percent
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Re: [Solved]Pacman file delay
It's not something to do with DNS is it? The primary is not being found and is using the secondary instead? This would cause a lengthy delay of a few seconds, and would happen on all files.
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#3 2009-07-05 20:04:35
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Re: [Solved]Pacman file delay
Try changing your top mirror to see if that helps. You could also try powerpill which should bypass the problem completely (simultaneous downloads, multiple mirrors).
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#4 2009-07-06 00:29:07
- virati
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Re: [Solved]Pacman file delay
It's not something to do with DNS is it? The primary is not being found and is using the secondary instead? This would cause a lengthy delay of a few seconds, and would happen on all files.
It might be. What I can't understand though is what is changing between the 2009.02 core iso fresh install and the immediately after -Syu? How would I go about 'fixing' (or at least learning about) a possible DNS problem? I'm sure to keep my /etc/hosts and /etc/rc.conf entries related to hostname in sync and proper but I'm not 100% positive if that's related to DNS.
@Xyne: I was planning on installing powerpill sometime soon, i just wanted to solve this problem first so that powerpill would be at optimum performance.
Edit: !!!! i installed and configured dnsmasq and WOW. Problem solved (at least on my other computer). I'll try it on my main one sometime soon. Thanks for the tip off!
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