Re: sluggish APT update on Hurd

June 13, 2026 at 4:36 AM, "Martin-=C3=89ric Racine" <martin-eric.racine@i=
ki.fi mailto:[email protected]?to=3D%22Martin-%C3%89ric%20Racine%=
22%20%3Cmartin-eric.racine%40iki.fi%3E > wrote:



>=20
>=20su 7.6.2026 klo 18.38 Samuel Thibault ([email protected]) kirjoitt=
i:
>=20
>=20>=20
>=20> Martin-=C3=89ric Racine, le sam. 06 juin 2026 10:48:17 +0300, a ecr=
it:
> >  The Debian host on which I test Hurd is dual-boot (Linux/Testing,
> >  Hurd/Unstable). Running 'apt-get update' takes about one minute on
> >  Linux, but a full hour on Hurd.
> >=20
>=20>  That's not happening here at all, and there is no reason why it sh=
ould
> >  be *that* long.
> >=20
>=20>  We'd need **way** more details about your setup and observations t=
o be
> >  able to provide any insight as in why it is happening so on your box=
.
> >  Otherwise you are just asking for divination.
> >=20
>=20For starters, the APT sources:
>=20
>=20----Hurd----
> Types: deb deb-src
> URIs: https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/
> Suites: unreleased
> Components: main
> Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-ports-archive-keyring.gpg
>=20
>=20Types: deb
> URIs: https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/
> Suites: unstable
> Components: main
> Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-ports-archive-keyring.gpg
>=20
>=20Types: deb deb-src
> URIs: https://deb.debian.org/debian/
> Suites: unstable
> Components: main
> Architectures: all
> Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
> ----Hurd----
>=20
>=20----Linux----
> Types: deb
> URIs: https://deb.debian.org/debian-security
> Suites: testing-security bookworm-security
> Components: main non-free-firmware
> Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
>=20
>=20Types: deb
> URIs: https://deb.debian.org/debian-security-debug
> Suites: testing-security-debug bookworm-security-debug
> Components: main non-free-firmware
> Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
>=20
>=20Types: deb
> URIs: https://deb.debian.org/debian
> Suites: testing
> Components: main non-free-firmware
> Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
>=20
>=20Types: deb
> URIs: https://deb.debian.org/debian-debug
> Suites: testing-debug
> Components: main non-free-firmware
> Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
> ----Linux----
>=20
>=20Partitions:
>=20
>=20NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
> sda 8:0 0 55,9G 0 disk
> =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80sda1 8:1 0 26,8G 0 part /linux
> =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80sda2 8:2 0 2,3G 0 part [SWAP]
> =E2=94=94=E2=94=80sda3 8:3 0 26,8G 0 part /hurd
>=20
>=20What else do you need?
>=20
>=20Martin-=C3=89ric

What kind of computer is it?

I'm assuming that you are using ethernet for internet connectivity?

Joshua