From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Meiyo Peng Subject: Re: guix package --search slow ? Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 10:22:40 +0800 Message-ID: <87ef505udr.fsf@riseup.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37847) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQjZM-0006eZ-KO for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2019 22:23:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQjZL-0006D1-NJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2019 22:23:00 -0400 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]:58824) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQjZL-0006Ao-DT for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2019 22:22:59 -0400 In-reply-to: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: zimoun Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi zimoun, zimoun writes: > When searching packages with `guix search`, it appears to me slow; > especially compared to `aptitude` of Debian. > ... > What should be done to improve the search speed? I remember "guix package --search" has always been pretty fast since this patch series of Ludovic is merged into guix: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-patches/2019-01/msg00254.html. Before that, "guix package --search" is slow. Please check your guix's version. If you are not using an old Guix. I am not sure why your experience is different from us. -- Meiyo Peng https://www.pengmeiyu.com/