Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:04:02 +0100 From: Daniel Bond <db@danielbond.org> To: Stefan Miklosovic <miklosovic.freebsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update painfully slow - slower than source code build of world and kernel Message-ID: <6A3773A5-E338-4593-806E-0DB6EE004724@danielbond.org> In-Reply-To: <f99a79ec0901060050r353e77a5u6b6a7a5143b5c51a@mail.gmail.com> References: <DA7E7739-0631-4B00-8CA8-D8C9E22B2126@danielbond.org> <f99a79ec0901060050r353e77a5u6b6a7a5143b5c51a@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Stefan. Yes, I am also noticing this. Luckily interrupting it and starting it again resumes. Judging from the speed of http://www.daemonology.net/ (hosted on same site), the freebsd-update server must be absolutely hammered. On Jan 6, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Stefan Miklosovic wrote: > Hi, > > My opinion is same. I tried to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1- > RELEASE but even after > copying all the stuff from 7.0-RELEASE CD (src etc) and having > GENERIC kernel in /boot/, > "freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.1-RELEASE" started to work properly but > hase not done its work. > All tries stopped at some failure during a downloading. I have been > trying this about half a day, > three times, but no change :(( > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Daniel Bond <db@danielbond.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure where to post this, I had trouble finding a suitable > mailing-list. Please point me in the right direction, if this is the > wrong place to post this message. > > First off, I love the binary update tool for FreeBSD. It is an > excellent tool, and saves a lot of time and trouble compared to the > old method (or so I thought, until recently). > I also like seeing the freebsd-update method is in the release notes > for 7.1-RELEASE, as a official way to upgrade a system. > > Yesterday I was struck by happiness, as I noticed 7.1-RELEASE was > out on ftp.freebsd.org - and decided to start off by upgrading one > of my companies development servers. > Usually an update with FreeBSD-update is quite quick, but today and > yesterday it has just been to slow to use, after two days of trying > - I've still not completed a single upgrade. The > server in question is connected to gigabit internet. > > I think it is embarrassing that the binary update tool, is actually > slower to use than compiling the whole operating system and kernel - > even on a slow machine! The reason for this, > is not the tool it self, the tool is excellent - but there are no > mirrors.. We need some mirrors, or such a great tool is not really > usable at all (except for the really patient). > > This also goes for portsnap. Portsnap is also an excellent tool, but > the experience from using it could be much better. The european > portsnap mirror is actually slower, than the one in the US. > I've been in contact with Colin, twice, about hosting another > portsnap mirror. Using a proxy server, does not cut it - not for my > use, sorry. I tried it, it didn't help. The last time I didn't > receive an > answer. > > As I was saying to Colin, both myself and a friend who works for the > Norwegian government, should be able to run a mirror for portsnap on > good bandwidth. Many other people have offered > to host mirrors, why is having mirrors a bad thing? > > I know the 6.4 and 7.1 releases have very many patches, due to > conversion from CVS to SVN. I have previously upgraded servers in > Norway and UK to 6.4-RELEASE with freebsd-update, > and speed has been acceptable, not great, but enough to keep me > using and loving the tool. Still, I think more people will use > freebsd-update, since it is more practical to use, especially for > non homogenous environments. > > Hopefully this will improve in the future, I don't mean to come > across as a whining grunge, but it is quite frustrating to me, as a > loving freebsd user. > > Congrats on a new release, I will be using it in a another day or so > (or whenever freebsd-update is done - maybe I will eat my own words, > and just do a regular build)! > > > > Best regards, > > > Daniel Bond. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " >
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