Re: dpkg speed (was: Re: PROPOSAL: Extrafiles)

[karlheg@inetarena.com (Karl M. Hegbloom)]

>>>>> "Remco" == Remco Blaakmeer <remco@Cal011205.student.utwente.nl> writes:

    Remco> On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Joey Hess wrote:
    >> Doesn't apt already use a cache database? Seems the code is
    >> alreaqdy written, then..

    Remco> But that doesn't speed up dpkg's -s, -l, -S and -L options
    Remco> (and all the others that need to read the packages
    Remco> database, of course). That is what this proposal is about,
    Remco> speeding up dpkg calls. I haven't tried apt yet, since
    Remco> dselect (with the "mountable" method) still does the job
    Remco> for me. I wouldn't like to see dselect discontinued.

 I wonder if the codes that create the `locate' database would be good
 for this application?  It could compress the lists and conffiles
 stuff quite a lot.

 (and I wonder if this already got discussed while I wasn't reading
 email from the mailing lists too...  I'll go search the archive now)