Is it possible to speed up yum.
Adam Pribyl
pribyl at lowlevel.cz
Tue Jun 17 17:39:15 UTC 2008
> Fedora:
> # time yum update
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, protectbase, refresh-packagekit
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> * livna-development: mirror.atrpms.net
> * livna: mirror.atrpms.net
> * google: dl.google.com
> * fedora: fedora.c3sl.ufpr.br
> * adobe-linux-i386: linuxdownload.adobe.com
> * localrepo:
> * updates: ftp.usf.edu
> 0 packages excluded due to repository protections
> Setting up Update Process
> No Packages marked for Update
>
> real 0m5.376s
> user 0m3.611s
> sys 0m0.278s
>
> Gutsy:
>
> $ time sudo apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
>
> real 0m0.430s
> user 0m0.420s
> sys 0m0.008s
>
> poc
This topic is neverending story.
Yes yum is feeling slower compare to apt but just try to compare its
capabilities. Also try to run "yum -d 10" to see yum timing.
Adam Pribyl
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