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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
Subject: Re: Borg takes forever to upgrade
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:39:06 +0100
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To: HiPhish <hiphish@posteo.de>
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HiPhish,

HiPhish wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I was trying to upgrade my packages and Borg (the backup=20
> program) has been
> taking over an hour already.

[=E2=80=A6]

> I have eventually decided to cancel the upgrade
> process and tried upgrading all packages except Borg. The=20
> upgrade process
> finished without problems in a reasonable amount of time, so it=20
> is definitely
> Borg where things get stuck.

Interrupting after an hour is a bit too soon to say it's stuck.=20
Just from experience, many backup programmes tend to have long=20
test suites (a trait which they share with many databases and=20
compressors, probably because they're a bit of both).  The build=20
was chugging along.  What did the log say was happening?

What is strange here is that you didn't get a substitute for Borg.=20
I did[0].  Are you deliberately building Borg locally?

Kind regards,

T G-R

[0]: For

  /gnu/store/qplgyx9h65k509l02bfc4cz9dlid00ck-borg-1.1.9.drv
=E2=86=92 /gnu/store/5fazf5kwalvv3r4bin74fzgxp8hmfdha-borg-1.1.9

which is a graft of

  /gnu/store/pgib6ji5792y739jwv90zk679jqxji1q-borg-1.1.9