curiously the maverick (6ubuntu4) package seem to be exactly the same published by Colin (same comments change)
Unpacking in dpkg takes for ages... ext4...(revisited)
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dino99 said: curiously the maverick (6ubuntu4) package seem to be exactly the same published by Colin (same comments change)Speed is not, as far as I've seen, the same... :) Maybe it is just me... :)
I haven't noticed any speed bumps...
the difference is noticeable though on notebook HDD's one running 5200rpm and faster one 7200rpm..
You can try dpkg -1.15.7.1 from Debian/testing. Works fine here though I don't have your speed issue.