[arch] Pacman slow after upgrade?

[Tate Johnson]

On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 13:09:34 -0500
Dale Blount <dale at archlinux.org> wrote:

> 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.

I've experimented with Pacman on an Ext3 and ReiserFS partition. It's a general concession that ReiserFS is great at dealing with lots of small files. I've found Pacman to run beautifully on a ReiserFS partition, but noticeably slow on Ext3. If you're someone who typically uses Ext3, give ReiserFS a shot. Even if it's just on your /var partition. 

Tate