[arch] Pacman slow after upgrade?

[Dale Blount]

>         Try running pacman-optimize.
>         
>         Dale
> 
> I didn't know of that one until now.
> Well, apparently solved my problem. Thanks.
> BTW, is that supposed to happen in a newly installed system? It's ok
> on a some-time-old system, that got many packages
> installed/uninstalled over time and the db gets fragmented.... 
> 
I think it's mostly a game of chance... since it's a bunch of tiny
files, it depends on how used a particular partition is and how busy it
is outside of pacman.

> Has the new pacman version changed way things work? Perhaps running
> pacman-optimize after pacman upgrades (on post scripts)?

pacman3 should support some other types of backends which fragmentation won't affect.

Dale