Subject: Re: bug#66647: Installation of RPMs produced by ‘guix pack’ is super slow

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:22:51 +0100

Hi,

Simon Tournier <[email-masked]> skribis:

> On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 13:31, Loïc SIRVIN <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> It takes very long time when we install it with `yum install file.rpm` command.
>
> Using CentOS 7 in VirtualBox, I confirm that the same pack as [1] takes
> a looong time with “yum install” – hum, after 10 minutes I decided to
> send this email. :-)  Well, indeed “yum install” takes many many more
> time than “rpm -i”.

Maxim, should we explicitly recommend ‘rpm -i’ in the manual?

What can ‘yum install’ possibly do that takes so much time? 🤔

Ludo’.