[Bug 548605] New: update (installation?) very slow because of gconftool-2
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605 Summary: update (installation?) very slow because of gconftool-2 Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: RC 1 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Update Problems AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: koenig@linux.de QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- update took *very* long for some packages. on the text console I noticed that gconftool-2 is run *very* often and it takes muuuuch time! here is a typical output of "ps" 1296 23487 23487 1296 tty2 23487 R+ 0 0:00 \_ ps wwwaxjf 1 1297 1297 1297 tty5 1297 Ss+ 0 0:00 bash -l 1 1299 1299 1299 tty6 1299 Ss+ 0 0:00 bash -l 1 1300 0 0 ? -1 S 0 0:00 /init 1300 1301 1301 1301 tty1 1301 Ss+ 0 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /sbin/inst_setup yast 1301 1393 1301 1301 tty1 1301 S+ 0 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /sbin/yast 1393 2307 1301 1301 tty1 1301 S+ 0 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /usr/lib/YaST2/startup/YaST2.call installation initial 2307 2783 2783 2783 tty7 2783 Ss+ 0 5:23 \_ Xorg -noreset -br -deferglyphs 16 vt07 2307 2845 1301 1301 tty1 1301 Sl+ 0 10:41 \_ y2base installation ("initial") qt --noborder --auto-fonts --fullscreen 2845 4285 1301 1301 tty1 1301 S+ 0 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/lib/YaST2/servers_non_y2/ag_zypp_repos 2845 22907 1301 1301 tty1 1301 S+ 0 0:00 \_ rpm --root /mnt --dbpath /var/lib/rpm -U --percent --force --nodeps -- /var/cache/zypp/packages/openSUSE 11.2-0/suse/x86_64/compiz-0.7.8-42.2.x86_64.rpm 22907 22946 1301 1301 tty1 1301 S+ 0 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.VShO5x 1 22946 23486 1301 1301 tty1 1301 D+ 0 0:03 \_ usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-uninstall-rule etc/gconf/schemas/compiz-screenshot.schemas the time stamps in "rpm -qa --last" output show that just the installation of this one compiz.rpm took almost 6 minutes!!! from 18:30:05 to 18:35:51 :-( cheese-2.28.0.1-1.3 Tue Oct 20 18:35:51 2009 ==> compiz-0.7.8-42.2 Tue Oct 20 18:30:05 2009 devhelp-2.28.0.1-1.2 Tue Oct 20 18:29:21 2009 this single rpm-tmp.VShO5x script calls gconftool-2 34 times. I've copied some of these rpm-tmp scripts if you need an example: harald > grep -c "test -x usr/bin/gconftool-2" rpm-tmp.* | sort -t: +1n rpm-tmp.6SNBCi:2 rpm-tmp.XbFxqJ:3 rpm-tmp.Pzb0eE:7 rpm-tmp.4HBLS5:11 rpm-tmp.7VmIVK:16 rpm-tmp.9HY48I:24 rpm-tmp.VShO5x:34 here is a postprocessed output of "rpm -qa --last" which shows the delta-time for every rpm in seconds (1st column). those 50 "slowest" rpms sum up to 4242 seconds -- 70 minutes for 50 RPMs :-( 346 compiz-0.7.8-42.2 323 libgnome-2.28.0-1.2 282 gnucash-2.2.9-2.3 280 compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.7.8-13.2 255 evolution-2.28.0-1.2 243 gnome-games-2.28.0-1.3 164 gnome-applets-2.28.0-1.2 148 gnome-panel-2.28.0-2.2 128 gnome-utils-2.28.0-1.2 114 evince-2.28.0-1.3 103 gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.0-1.2 102 gnome-vfs2-2.24.1-2.30 83 kernel-xen-2.6.31.3-1.1 82 DeviceKit-disks-007-1.2 75 linux-kernel-headers-2.6.31-2.4 73 epiphany-2.28.0-1.2 66 totem-2.28.1-1.4 66 gnome-media-2.28.0-1.3 63 texlive-2008-12.11 60 kernel-source-2.6.31.3-1.1 57 gnopernicus-1.1.2-282.15 54 nautilus-2.28.0-1.2 48 gedit-2.28.0-1.2 47 vino-2.28.0-1.2 47 gnome-control-center-2.28.0-1.4 47 OpenOffice_org-3.1.1.3-1.1 44 devhelp-2.28.0.1-1.2 43 planner-0.14.4-1.44 43 gnome-main-menu-0.9.13-2.1 42 libgnomedb-3.99.7-4.15 42 gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-0.10.15-2.15 41 gnome-vfs2-devel-2.24.1-2.30 40 seahorse-2.28.0-1.3 39 pidgin-2.6.2-2.3 39 gnome-power-manager-2.28.0-1.3 37 tomboy-1.0.0-1.3 37 gnome-packagekit-2.27.92-4.1 36 gnome-system-monitor-2.28.0-1.2 36 ekiga-3.2.6-1.4 36 deskbar-applet-2.28.0-1.4 35 eog-2.28.0-1.2 35 brasero-2.28.1-1.1 34 yelp-2.28.0-1.2 34 gnome-bluetooth-2.28.1-1.2 33 nautilus-cd-burner-2.25.3-3.24 33 metacity-2.28.0-1.2 33 gnome-session-2.28.0-2.1 33 boost-devel-1.39.0-2.3 31 kdelibs3-3.5.10-31.12 30 yast2-control-center-gnome-2.13.4-1.2 for comparision I add all *kernel* RPMs from that same table: 83 kernel-xen-2.6.31.3-1.1 75 linux-kernel-headers-2.6.31-2.4 60 kernel-source-2.6.31.3-1.1 24 kernel-desktop-2.6.31.3-1.1 1 patterns-openSUSE-devel_kernel-11.2-19.1 1 kernel-firmware-20090821-3.1 0 nfs-kernel-server-1.1.3-20.1 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605 zhu rensheng <rszhu@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |rszhu@novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |locilka@novell.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605#c Lukas Ocilka <locilka@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|locilka@novell.com |zypp-maintainers@forge.prov | |o.novell.com -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605#c1 --- Comment #1 from Harald Koenig <koenig@linux.de> 2009-11-18 16:44:59 UTC --- I've done another update from 11.1 to 11.2-final: same performace problems with some gnome-related packages: rpm -qa --qf '%{INSTALLTIME} %{NAME} %{VERSION}\n' | sort -nr | awk '{print l-$1,$0;l=$1}' | sort -nr | less shows the same "slow" packages: 256 compiz-0.7.8 240 compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.7.8 212 gnucash-2.2.9 205 libgnome-2.28.0 178 gnome-games-2.28.0 142 evolution-2.28.0 125 gnome-applets-2.28.0 109 gnome-panel-2.28.0 92 gnome-vfs2-2.24.1 92 gnome-settings-daemon-2.28.0 91 pullin-msttf-fonts-11.2 83 gnome-utils-2.28.0 81 evince-2.28.0 80 timezone-java-2009p 79 tvbrowser-2.7.2 75 kernel-xen-2.6.31.5 59 kernel-default-2.6.31.5 the compiz preuninstall script calls gconftool-2 34 times, while there are ~250 calls alltogether (so 256 secs / 33 * 249 ~= 1931 secs just for gconftool-2 !) harald > rpm -q compiz --scripts | grep -A2 ' if test -f usr/share/gconf/' | grep -c usr/bin/gconftool-2 33 harald > rpm -qa --scripts | grep -A2 ' if test -f usr/share/gconf/' | grep -c usr/bin/gconftool-2 249 which matches harald > ls /usr/share/gconf/schemas/*.schemas | wc 248 248 12515 gconftool-2 sucks ?!? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605#c2 Ján Kupec <jkupec@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium Status|NEW |RESOLVED CC| |jkupec@novell.com Resolution| |DUPLICATE --- Comment #2 from Ján Kupec <jkupec@novell.com> 2009-11-19 19:29:31 UTC --- Isn't this just the non-delayed suseconfig problem? gconftool-2 sucks especially if it is executed for each gnome package being installed. openSUSE avoids this in CD installation (in YaST, more precisely) by setting YAST_IS_RUNNING env. variable, and packages are hacked to avoid runing suseconfig (which in turn runs gconftool). Then YaST executes suseconfig only once, at the end of installation. We avoid doing this in zypper, because it is hack that the package management software needs to know about. Instead we encourage proper solution on the rpm level: see bug 365649, and https://features.opensuse.org/305472. (Although we could probably do this for dist-upgrade, until the feature is done). In the meantime, use the workaround described at http://en.opensuse.org/Upgrade/Supported#Known_Issues (the one with YAST_IS_RUNNING) if needed (and vote for the feature in fate :O). @zypp guys: anything on your mind we should do about this? *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 365649 *** http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=365649 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605#c3 --- Comment #3 from Harald Koenig <koenig@linux.de> 2009-11-19 23:23:49 UTC --- (In reply to comment #2)
Isn't this just the non-delayed suseconfig problem?
gconftool-2 sucks especially if it is executed for each gnome package being installed. openSUSE avoids this in CD installation (in YaST, more precisely) by setting YAST_IS_RUNNING env. variable, and packages are hacked to avoid runing suseconfig (which in turn runs gconftool). Then YaST executes suseconfig only once, at the end of installation.
my update was started via boot from NET-CD and yast did the update (totally standard)! YAST_IS_RUNNING is not evaluated at all in compiz scripts: rpm -q --scripts compiz | grep YAST_IS_RUNNING "rpm -qa --scripts" shows YAST_IS_RUNNING being used for some SuSEconfig.fonts calls and other stuff, but I can't find any flagged calls to gconftool-2 am I missing something, or is that YAST_IS_RUNNING flag missing for gconftool-2 issues ?
In the meantime, use the workaround described at http://en.opensuse.org/Upgrade/Supported#Known_Issues (the one with YAST_IS_RUNNING) if needed (and vote for the feature in fate :O).
thanks for this pointer, I'll keep it in mind for "zypper dup", but in my case yast *was* running! -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605#c4 Ján Kupec <jkupec@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|DUPLICATE | --- Comment #4 from Ján Kupec <jkupec@novell.com> 2009-11-20 10:09:11 UTC --- Sorry, i was under impression that you did 'zypper dup'. (In reply to comment #3)
"rpm -qa --scripts" shows YAST_IS_RUNNING being used for some SuSEconfig.fonts calls and other stuff, but I can't find any flagged calls to gconftool-2
It could be executed via suseconfig. But then i wonder why the YAST_IS_RUNNING hack did not work.
am I missing something, or is that YAST_IS_RUNNING flag missing for gconftool-2 issues ?
Perhaps, we need to ask the maintainers of the pacakges. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605#c5 Ján Kupec <jkupec@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |NEEDINFO CC| |sbrabec@novell.com Info Provider| |sbrabec@novell.com --- Comment #5 from Ján Kupec <jkupec@novell.com> 2009-11-20 10:11:41 UTC --- Stando, do you know something about this? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605#c6 Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |REOPENED CC| |mmeeks@novell.com, | |vuntz@novell.com Info Provider|sbrabec@novell.com | --- Comment #6 from Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@novell.com> 2009-11-20 12:23:47 UTC --- Yes, I seen this problem as well. I guess it is caused by the migration to merged tree in /etc/gconf/schema-install-source. Slow installation is a cost for fast use. I guess that measurements were done by Michael and Vincent. Do you have any ideas for improvement? Could following work?: - Install to multi-XML database. - And then merge tree just once at the end. Well, implementation of such behavior is again limited by the current RPM: lack of one-time actions: http://www.rpm.org/wiki/Problems/Scriptlets#Databaserebuild -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605#c7 --- Comment #7 from Michael Meeks <mmeeks@novell.com> 2009-11-20 15:40:50 UTC --- Well ... the real problem is the translations here; and merging them all one by one into the big, per-language, split out translation files. The cost is proportional to the number of schemas, and can be substantially reduced if we merge lots of them at a time with a single gconftool-2 call. So - some easy wins (last I looked) would be to eg. merge the umpteen, tiny, content-less schema files inside compiz into a single file ;-) prolly the same for gnome-games, and - if possible to merge several schemas at a time after the transaction (?). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605#c8 --- Comment #8 from Ján Kupec <jkupec@novell.com> 2009-11-20 16:12:30 UTC --- guys, please take this bug then :O) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548605#c10 Vincent Untz <vuntz@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |DUPLICATE --- Comment #10 from Vincent Untz <vuntz@novell.com> 2011-03-01 23:44:49 UTC --- I'm going to mark this as dup of bug 546543, which is really the same bug. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 546543 *** http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546543 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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