[Libguestfs] [virt-devel] End-user review of the native KVM tool

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 09:40:44PM +0530, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
> Hm..it's been 10 mins..I don't see anything more in the file where I
> redirected stdout of 'febootstrap' cmd.
> 
> Roughly, can you guess how much time this takes?

For me it has so far taken a lot longer.  The problem is that the
number of dependent packages is probably 100s.

If you want something simple to test out which should complete in a
few minutes, try this example:

https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/tip-creating-throwaway-appliances-with-febootstrap/

Also, for libguestfs (~150 packages) we aggressively configure squid
so that it caches everything properly.  Unfortunately just installing
squid is not sufficient, you have to configure it as well:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/MockTricks#Using_Squid_to_Speed_Up_Mock_package_downloads
http://libguestfs.org/FAQ.html#buildspeed

Rich.

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