From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 07:15:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Allen To: voidlinux Cc: donald...@gmail.com Message-Id: <6fa0ab6d-60b3-4f03-88aa-2d7f27e1e13c@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <87612qrcwq.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87612qrcwq.fsf@gmail.com> Subject: Re: xbps-install of texlive very slow MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_1338_359159077.1443708901182" ------=_Part_1338_359159077.1443708901182 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1339_484672810.1443708901183" ------=_Part_1339_484672810.1443708901183 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 8:28:24 AM UTC-4, Christian Neukirchen wrote: > > Donald Allen > writes: > > > Installation (not downloading) of texlive-bin-2015_1 is very, very slow. > > It's a big package, but I've done this on this same machine (2.5 Ghz AMD > > dual-core processor, 4GB, 7200 rpm disk, / on an ext4 file-system) with > > Arch (configured similarly) in far less time. > > Yes, this is because TeXLive's tlmgr is slow. > > Arch actually repacked TeXLive, but we chose not to do that due to > lack of manpower and immediate outdatedness. > Thank you for the explanation. It's good to know that this is not something inherent in the package manager, which is what I was concerned about. If it's specific to texlive, then that's not a problem for me. > > -- > Christian Neukirchen > > http://chneukirchen.org > ------=_Part_1339_484672810.1443708901183 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 8:28:24 AM UTC-4, = Christian Neukirchen wrote:
Don= ald Allen <dona...@gmail.com> writes:

> Installation (not downloading) of texlive-bin-2015_1 is very, very= slow.=20
> It's a big package, but I've done this on this same machin= e (2.5 Ghz AMD=20
> dual-core processor, 4GB, 7200 rpm disk, / on an ext4 file-system)= with=20
> Arch (configured similarly) in far less time.

Yes, this is because TeXLive's tlmgr is slow.

Arch actually repacked TeXLive, but we chose not to do that due to
lack of manpower and immediate outdatedness.

Thank you for the explanation. It'= s good to know that this is not something inherent in the package manager, = which is what I was concerned about. If it's specific to texlive, then = that's not a problem for me.=C2=A0

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Christian Neukirchen =C2=A0<chne...@gmail.com> =C2=A0http://chneukirchen.org
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