slow tar performance on fbsd5

[Ben Laurie]

Robert Watson wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Ben Laurie wrote:
> 
>> JG wrote:
>>
>>>> Now I say, what about
>>>> # cpio -i < mysql-m.tgz
>>>> (assuming that mysql-m.tgz is in "tar" format)?
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> idea is good, but the result is the same :/
>>
>>
>> The filesystem is _much_ slower in 5 than it is in 4. You can 
>> benchmark it with postmark (in the ports tree) - the difference is huge.
> 
> 
> If you haven't tried 6.x yet, please do, and see if that improves the 
> situation.  And if you run into problems, please report ASAP so we can 
> try to get them fixed before we release.  :-)

Hmmm... all of my 5.x systems are live, so this is a bit risky for me!

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