Is it possible to speed up yum.

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 00:53 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 23:43 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 16:19 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > and send the output along.
> > > 
> > > # yum -d3 info yum | grep 'time:'
> > > Config time: 0.182
> > > rpmdb time: 0.000
> > > pkgsack time: 7.505
> > 
> > It's taking 7.5 seconds to put the package sack together and it's not
> > downloading ANYTHING? Not even the mirrorlists again or rechecking the
> > repomd.xml?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > I ask b/c the same version on my not-exceptionally-fast laptop is:
> > 
> > yum -d3 info yum | grep 'time:'
> > Config time: 0.106
> > rpmdb time: 0.000
> > pkgsack time: 0.345
> 
> Interesting.
> 
> I ran it again a few times, first doing an update:
> 
> [root at bree S3]# 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: ftp.usf.edu
>  * 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
> [root at bree S3]# yum -d3 info yum | grep 'time:'
> Config time: 0.163
> rpmdb time: 0.000
> pkgsack time: 2.526
> [root at bree S3]# yum -d3 info yum | grep 'time:'
> Config time: 0.168
> rpmdb time: 0.000
> pkgsack time: 1.690
> [root at bree S3]# yum -d3 info yum | grep 'time:'
> Config time: 0.162
> rpmdb time: 0.000
> pkgsack time: 6.976
> [root at bree S3]# yum -d3 info yum | grep 'time:'
> Config time: 0.163
> rpmdb time: 0.000
> pkgsack time: 1.774
> [root at bree S3]#
> 
> These runs were one after the other in quick succession. What's notable
> is the large variance in pkgsack time.

try it like this:
yum --noplugins -d3 info yum | grep 'time:'

just for curiosities' sake.

-sv