Hi myglc2!

On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 2:28 AM, myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 04/05/2017 at 16:56 Ludovic Courtès writes:
>
> > civodul pushed a commit to branch master
> > in repository guix.
> >
> > commit a0b87ef8ec7735aa42cf35d380e9cff04f3236f3
> > Author: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
> > Date:   Wed Apr 5 01:09:22 2017 -0700
> [...]
>
> So now q'guix package -m' produces messages like ...
>
> guix package -m g1.scm
> installing new manifest from 'g1.scm' with 22 entries
> substitute: updating list of substitutes from '
https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> The following derivations will be built:
>    /gnu/store/smyjh63avay2gb6yq47h3hrlyxfrsajp-profile.drv
>    /gnu/store/ygp7n87177fngqqpb5l5bkkba5cawcvh-gtk-icon-themes.drv
>    /gnu/store/wrad8m1vhck9bb7dzqqlxb03rq1ifsm8-gtk-im-modules.drv
>    /gnu/store/qv12155lx8y195my98970mmfawqpnrcs-info-dir.drv
>    /gnu/store/ndiq7ccmi32rlxdyf52f506jil0zn9p0-ca-certificate-bundle.drv
>    /gnu/store/90gzasiixp9np5m4nn28vbfqd1zd5azq-fonts-dir.drv
>    /gnu/store/3l8kl1b438qr3yk2qca4pzvlpv04q7rc-xdg-mime-database.drv
>    /gnu/store/2brridy714shmik1zksysik36kn2iwsf-manual-database.drv
> creating manual page database for 23 packages...
> 22 packages in profile
> g1@g1 ~/src$
>
> And... watching this, it seems like a long time between ...
>
> creating manual page database for 23 packages...
>
> ... and ...
>
> 22 packages in profile
>
> Does it really take this long? If not, can we close the message ...

FWIR it is CPU bound, so your mileage will vary; in my case on an old
low-power laptop it can take a few seconds for ~65 packages.
I wonder why the odd package count mismatch (23 vs 22) ? I don't recall
observing this while testing (maybe it only happens when using the -m
option) ?

Maxim