[Bug 1584299] [NEW] please support parallel operation
Seth Arnold
1584299 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sat May 21 09:06:53 UTC 2016
Public bug reported:
Hello, please consider supporting multiple package install processes
simultaneously, similar to make's -j command line option.
Computers are getting more processors rather than faster processors at
this point, and this trend is likely to continue.
When doing package builds on my computer I notice that during the
package installs, my CPU rarely goes above 3% utilization because only a
single core is in use. iostat -dmx 1 reported mostly 4-45% disk
utilization, with a mode around 25%. This machine is mostly idle for
most of a package build, because apt and dpkg are essentially single-
threaded.
Thanks
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
please support parallel operation
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Hello, please consider supporting multiple package install processes
simultaneously, similar to make's -j command line option.
Computers are getting more processors rather than faster processors at
this point, and this trend is likely to continue.
When doing package builds on my computer I notice that during the
package installs, my CPU rarely goes above 3% utilization because only
a single core is in use. iostat -dmx 1 reported mostly 4-45% disk
utilization, with a mode around 25%. This machine is mostly idle for
most of a package build, because apt and dpkg are essentially single-
threaded.
Thanks
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