On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:02:38 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

> Well, instead of "yesterday" let's just say "the past 5 months". I
> already did the rsync/format thing a few times over the last years, and
> the results are always the same: very fast filesystem for about a
> month, then it starts getting slower over time.

I keep /usr/portage on a separate, small filesystem, using ext2. If
it starts to slow down,I can simply reformat it and sync again.


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