Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:
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>> > I haven't had the patience to let it finish
>>
>> There's your problem.
>
> Yes, I had seen that. But there's a difference between taking much more 
> time and slowing down to such an extend that it never finishes.
>
> I've tried it today on my linux-2.6 repo as well and the same thing 
> happened. At first the progress is not fast but reasonable. When it gets 
> to about 45% percent it starts slowing down a lot: from ~1500 objects per 
> update of the counters to ~300 objects per update. And who knows what the 
> progress is going to be when it reaches 70% or 90%: 10 per update?

Are you sure it doesn't subsequently speed up again?

-Miles

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