From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr>
Cc: "Loïc SIRVIN" <loic.sirvin@inria.fr>,
"Maxim Cournoyer" <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>,
66647@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66647: Installation of RPMs produced by ‘guix pack’ is super slow
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:31:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a5qyatsn.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874jh96hfo.fsf@gnu.org>
Hi,
On Sat, 25 Nov 2023 at 15:22, Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr> wrote:
> Maxim, should we explicitly recommend ‘rpm -i’ in the manual?
I propose something like:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
doc/guix.texi | 8 ++++++++
modified doc/guix.texi
@@ -7299,6 +7299,14 @@ Invoking guix pack
sudo rpm --install --prefix=/opt /gnu/store/...-hello.rpm
@end example
+@quotation Warning
+Rely on @command{rpm --install} for installing an RPM archive and avoid
+@command{yum install} or related. The generated RPM archive will
+install faster when using @command{rpm} than when using @command{yum}.
+The performances of @command{yum} when installing generated RPM archive
+could be detrimental compared to installing using @command{rpm} tool.
+@end quotation
+
@quotation Note
Contrary to Debian packages, conflicting but @emph{identical} files in
RPM packages can be installed simultaneously, which means multiple
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
WDYT?
Cheers,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-28 15:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-20 10:20 bug#66647: Installation of RPMs produced by ‘guix pack’ is super slow Ludovic Courtès
2023-10-20 15:33 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-20 15:34 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-22 21:57 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-10-23 1:35 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-23 12:16 ` Simon Tournier
2023-10-23 14:37 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-11-13 12:31 ` Loïc SIRVIN
2023-11-14 11:49 ` Simon Tournier
2023-11-25 14:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-11-28 13:31 ` Simon Tournier [this message]
2023-12-02 23:13 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2024-01-11 16:57 ` Simon Tournier
2024-01-15 3:43 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2024-01-15 9:12 ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-01-17 15:21 ` Simon Tournier
2024-01-17 22:21 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2024-09-13 14:32 ` Maxim Cournoyer
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