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Re: Making pbuilder just that little bit faster

It is true that making /var/cache/pbuilder/build a tmpfs makes a noticeable speed difference. But it seems you cannot cache the downloaded debs: ln: creating hard link ...: Invalid cross-device link.

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3 Responses to “Re: Making pbuilder just that little bit faster”

  1. Peter Eisentraut Says:
    January 2nd, 2010 at 12:22 am

    Actually, if you want a faster pbuilder, you should try cowbuilder.

  2. anonymous Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    Maybe APTCACHEHARDLINK=no in /etc/pbuilder/pbuilderrc helps.

  3. Daniel Leidert Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 11:11 pm

    APTCACHEHARDLINK=no is one option. But I would prefer to bind-mount the directory: http://bugs.debian.org/563583. So things don’t need to be copied or linked around.