HT4137 How long does it take to transfer purchases? I do not have that many.

I am transferring purchases in iTunes and the process has now been over an hour. I have 11.9 GB free on my phone, so there is not that much. Please advise if I should stop and re start or continue to wait?

Sounds like you should just cancel it. close iTunes, restart the computer and phone and try again

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"How long does it take to do a dist-upgrade on your distro?"

Yesterday there was a question in the USALUG.org "How long does it take to do a dist-upgrade on your distro?"
This question was a good question, so I decide to make the ultimate test. I have a lot of computers standing here around, and remembered that on one of them was have already Archlinux installation. I was right, when I booted, the system check said me, that the system was 253 days not checked anymore. I got so excited that I forgot to check was it one of my 0.7.2 Gimmick or 0.8 Voodoo installations.
The Computer
Dell OptiPlex GX110
[jada@arch-02 ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 797.452
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat p se36 mmx fxsr sse up
bogomips : 1596.45
clflush size : 32
[jada@arch-02 ~]$
I used the following command for the update
$ time pacman -Syu
The Test
first update pacman
[root@arch-02 jada]# pacman -Syu
warning: current locale is invalid; using default "C" locale
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 23.8K 80.0K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
extra 310.5K 292.3K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
community 341.0K 295.8K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace mktemp with core/coreutils? [Y/n] y
:: Replace mpg321 with extra/mpg123? [Y/n] y
warning: bind: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
warning: cpufrequtils: forcing upgrade to version 002-3
warning: dnsutils: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
warning: flex: forcing upgrade to version 2.5.33-4
warning: opera: forcing upgrade to version 9.25-2
:: pacman has detected a newer version of the "pacman" package.
:: It is recommended that you allow pacman to upgrade itself
:: first, then you can re-run the operation with the newer version.
:: Upgrade pacman first? [Y/n] y
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.
Targets: libarchive-2.4.11-1 libdownload-1.3-1 pacman-3.1.1-1
Total Package Size: 1.19 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
libarchive 314.8K 253.4K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
libdownload 49.4K 97.9K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
pacman 855.2K 460.4K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
checking package integrity... done.
cleaning up... done.
(3/3) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100%
(1/3) upgrading libarchive [#####################] 100%
(2/3) upgrading libdownload [#####################] 100%
(3/3) upgrading pacman [#####################] 100%
>>> The makepkg.conf syntax has changed, please note the new format
>>> when merging the pacnew file with your old configuration.
>>>
>>> The pacman.conf default file has changed. Please update your
>>> config to use the single mirrorlist, and any additional files
>>> in /etc/pacman.d/ (core, extra, etc.) can be deleted.
>>>
>>> The location of sync DBs has moved from /var/lib/pacman/ to
>>> /var/lib/pacman/sync/ for several reasons. To delete older
>>> DBs, please run pacman -Sc and follow the instructions.
>>> You will also have to run pacman -Sy to refresh the sync DBs.
>>>
>>> abs is no longer included; please install the 'abs' package
>>> to use abs. You may need to edit abs.conf to re-enable repos.
[root@arch-02 jada]#
restart pacman 3.1.1 and update the packages
[root@arch-02 jada]# time pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 23.8K 80.3K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
extra 310.5K 261.1K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
community 341.0K 302.5K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace mktemp with core/coreutils? [Y/n] y
:: Replace mpg321 with extra/mpg123? [Y/n] y
warning: bind: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
warning: cpufrequtils: forcing upgrade to version 002-3
warning: dnsutils: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
warning: flex: forcing upgrade to version 2.5.33-4
warning: opera: forcing upgrade to version 9.25-2
resolving dependencies...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: bash will be installed before its glibc dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: readline will be installed before its glibc dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: ncurses will be installed before its glibc dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: db will be installed before its coreutils dependency
looking for inter-conflicts...
Remove: mktemp mpg321
Total Removed Size: 0.08 MB
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zenity-2.20.1-1
Total Download Size: 743.90 MB
Total Installed Size: 748.87 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
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readline-5.2-7-i686 271.5K 228.3K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
bash-3.2.033-2-i686 407.1K 299.1K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
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xscreensaver-5.04-2-... 8.0M 655.2K/s 00:00:13 [#####################] 100%
yelp-2.20.0-3-i686 603.4K 356.7K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
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:: Retrieving packages from community...
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gkrellm-2.3.1-2 724.3K 411.1K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
xmms-1.2.11-1 1945.1K 557.0K/s 00:00:03 [#####################] 100%
checking package integrity...
(349/349) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100%
( 1/349) upgrading ncurses [#####################] 100%
( 2/349) upgrading readline [#####################] 100%
( 3/349) upgrading bash [#####################] 100%
( 4/349) upgrading kernel-headers [#####################] 100%
( 5/349) upgrading tzdata [#####################] 100%
( 6/349) upgrading glibc [#####################] 100%
(340/349) installing wavpack [#####################] 100%
(341/349) upgrading xine-lib [#####################] 100%
(342/349) upgrading xinetd [#####################] 100%
(343/349) upgrading xkeyboard-config [#####################] 100%
(344/349) upgrading xmms [#####################] 100%
(345/349) upgrading xorg-server [#####################] 100%
:: Could not detect nvidia-utils on system
:: Will attempt to use built-in libwfb
(346/349) upgrading xorg-xinit [#####################] 100%
(347/349) upgrading xscreensaver [#####################] 100%
(348/349) upgrading yelp [#####################] 100%
(349/349) upgrading zenity [#####################] 100%
real 56m46.062s
user 4m25.013s
sys 1m46.520s
[root@arch-02 jada]#
And for your tread question.
How long does it take to do a dist-upgrade on your distro?
one hour
real 56m46.062s
user 4m25.013s
sys 1m46.520s
After reboot the system loads all new applications with out any problem. Later I replaced the intel-video driver "xf86-video-i810 1.7.4-6" with the driver xf86-video-intel 2.2.0-2. No problems at all.
Archlinux rocks

JaDa wrote:Archlinux rocks
definitely. By contrast, here's a regular upgrade on my debian box -- out of the blue it's having some problem with one of the packages, and it's turning into a regular recursive nightmare.
root@moe:~ # apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
root@moe:~ # apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies...Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
exim4-base exim4-daemon-light
Suggested packages:
exim4-doc-html exim4-doc-info eximon4 libmail-spf-query-perl
The following packages will be upgraded:
exim4-base exim4-daemon-light
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 64 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/1391kB of archives.
After unpacking 8192B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: exim4-daemon-light: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
exim4 depends on exim4-daemon-light | exim4-daemon-heavy | exim4-daemon-custom; however:
Package exim4-daemon-light is to be removed.
Package exim4-daemon-heavy is not installed.
Package exim4-daemon-custom is not installed.
dpkg: error processing exim4-daemon-light (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
exim4-daemon-light
[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.0 ]
File updated: searched for 152 files, found 131
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@moe:~ # apt-get install exim4-daemon-light
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
exim4-daemon-light: Depends: exim4-base (>= 4.69) but 4.68-2 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root@moe:~ #
It's so "delicate" and temperamental compared to the no-nonsense, straightforward approach of Arch. If one little thing is off, the entire system has a hissy-fit and won't do anything until you hunt the internet high and low searching for a solution, encountering all the debian hawks along the way who are ready to rip your head off at the first suggestion that debian isn't directly from god and could have a problem. Imo, Arch is the best linx distro hands down. Nothing else even comes close.

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