Ubuntu
dpkg package

  1. Lucid (10.04)
  2. Bug #570805
  3. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 570805

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Mark Dammer (mark-dammer) wrote : Re: [regression] dpkg fsync cause massive regression in Ubuntu Server and Alternate installation times

dpkg from Colin Watsons PPA solved the problem: I installed "Blender" and the unpacking phase of the 10Mb package took less than a second. And I experience no more rattling disks when installing packages.