[MacPorts] #70556: "base" seemingly locking up for sometimes very long

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#70556: "base" seemingly locking up for sometimes very long
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  Reporter:  RJVB         |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  base         |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:               |
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Changes (by neverpanic):

 * cc: neverpanic (removed)


Comment:

 On the topic of this ticket:
 - If you always cancel the vaccum because it takes long, you don't get to
 complain about registry operations being slow. Let it finish, that's what
 it's supposed to do.
 - If you're on old macOS versions, you're likely also using a very
 outdated copy of SQLite, since MacPorts uses the OS copy. Chances are a
 newer SQLite might be faster.


 Replying to [comment:10 RJVB]:
 > (apparently not a high-priority issue...)

 It doesn't seem to be a common issue, so I'm not surprised. Just because
 it's slow **for you** doesn't make it an emergency for everybody else.

 Replying to [comment:17 barracuda156]:
 > Somewhat on a side note, if there a way to deactivate all ports and then
 activate back specifically those which were active prior to that? Some
 port conflict with each other, so `activate installed` will not work, and
 sorting that by hand gonna be annoying.

 port snapshot and port restore, parts of the new automatic migration
 procedure, can probably do that.


 Finally, a note on ticket hygiene: Please don't randomly Cc me to ticket
 you file because you believe I should do anything about your issue. I'm
 doing this in my free time, I have no obligation whatsoever to solve a
 problem you seem to have, nor do I provide any guarantees on MacPorts'
 performance on your particular machines.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/70556#comment:19>
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