On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:17:38 +0100 (CET)
Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:21:31 +0000
> > Karanbir Singh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > 
> > > Troy Dawson wrote:
> > > > I'm all for keeping apt completely out of the release.  I don't know 
> > > > about the SLC part, but for the SL part, when we push out updates, it's 
> > > > now taking hours for SL 3.  And the majority of the time is building the 
> > > > apt repositories.
> > > 
> > > why not use the new Apt ? it uses the rpm-metadata ( that yum uses ) for 
> > > its backend stuff, and its functional on everything from RH7.3 to EL5.
> > > 
> > > - KB
> > 
> > I think this is a shame, but I thought YUM takes the longest to
> > generate a repository well createrepo anyway.
> 
> Try the "-c" option. I works wonders at least if you only add a few rpms 
> to a large repo.

I have done this now, and my apt and yum generation script for sl 3/4
and 32/64 bit systems, for no rpm change has gone down from 20-30 mins,
for full synchronisation and meta data update, to 20 seconds. This
removes my largest complaint about YUM repository generation, thanks
for the tip.

I should like to reiterate try the "-c" option. It works wonders.

Thanks again

Owen Synge