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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:39:37 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Rebaseall fails with error 6 ...
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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

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