Howto: defrag /var/lib/dpkg/info to speed up dpkg

[cthlhu1987]

Here's an initial version of a script to recover the missing /var/lib/dpkg/info/* files. No system files are actually modified. You are left with a directory of files to move into the info directory. It's about 400 lines of perl. See attachment.

Thx a lot. The script is downloadin right now.
Do I have to copy all the files in the ~/dpkgrecovery/info_add to /var/lib/dpkg/info or specific ones (Sry for my baaaad english)?

[Kasraa]

From 28s to 5s.
Thanks

[gmargo]

Thx a lot. The script is downloadin right now.
Do I have to copy all the files in the ~/dpkgrecovery/info_add to /var/lib/dpkg/info or specific ones (Sry for my baaaad english)?

That's correct, and change the owner to root:root.

[cthlhu1987]

That's correct, and change the owner to root:root.

Thx a lot for the script. Now my apt-get is funtioning again.

[TBTsjG89]

Thank you sooo much gmargo! I'm such a n00b