On 27/10/05 01:04 +0200, Pascal Bleser wrote:
smart also works with dpkg on Debian distros
I know - my sceptical debian loving colleague nearly choked on his cornflakes when I showed him the comparisons to apt in the README and had to admit that it was promising! ;-)
Hmm... waiting for network reply packets ? The TCP timeout is configurable: smart config --set socket-timeout=30 (in seconds)
Entirely possible - since ftp.gwdg.de is under a load at the minute.
Try to add mirror sites: smart mirror --add http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt smart mirror --add http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt ftp://ftp4.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt smart mirror --add http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt \ http://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/linux/suse/apt
hmmm.. How long does a typical sync take?
It's not about synching, as ftp.gwdg.de is the master for generating the apt repository metadata (actually ftp4.gwdg.de is, but synching from there to ftp.gwdg.de should be quite in time).
This had worked. But why is a request for this file still generating a 404 error but it's clearly available elsewhere
Finally, I've been following the discussions on smart's performance with interest, especially as it is killer slow on my home machine which is a cobbled together 800MHz piece of crap from work - in time, I'll try and tune
How much memory do you have in that box ?
About 512MB - not the best but ought to be enough. Does slow to a halt though if it's busy elsewhere. On my work computer with a gig of ram and 1100MHz processor the speed's not too impressive though. Praps I'll try a comparison with apt to give you a better idea of the performance.
it according to the advice available. The docs are short though! I'd be happy
smart config --set disk-cache=no
If you want to revert back to the original behaviour (which is to use the memory cache): smart config --remove disk-cache
Useful. This sort of thing ought to be documented earliest especially as if smart becomes 'compulsory'.
But there's the FAQ and the README as well.
Yep. The former certainly could do with some embellishment, the README is far more helpful.
cheers
Thanks for your help - problem with the upgrade solved. Regards Craig