Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:39:37 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Rebaseall fails with error 6 ... Message-ID: <20040626193937.GB21539@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <6.1.0.6.0.20040626003959.03347518@pop.prospeed.net> <398DB2AE-C72E-11D8-AE31-000A95BDA2FE@osafoundation.org> <87pt7m9prk.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 02:39:20PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Eric Hanchrow wrote: >>[snip] >>(But I don't regret reinstalling -- for some reason it's much faster >>now, even though I'm using the same versions of all the DLLs) > >FWIW, ne simple explanation of the above is that file fragmentation was >most likely greatly reduced with a complete reinstall as opposed to >periodic updates. This should probably be added to the "Why is Cygwin >suddently so slow" entry in the FAQ... It won't be added without some actual testing of this theory. I don't see why Cygwin should be more greatly affected by fragmentation than any other program. Running a defrag occasionally on Windows is a good idea in general, though. But, that's not a cygwin issue. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/