bug#64772: closed (TeXlive (specifically LuaLaTeX) has become terribly slow)

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> TeXlive (specifically LuaLaTeX) has become terribly slow
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> Fri, 21 Jul 2023 17:54:05 +0200
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> mu4e 1.10.5; emacs 29.0.92
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> Hi,
>
> i'm building a small document with LuaLaTeX, for that i have use the
> following manifest
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (specifications->manifest
>   (list
>     "texlive-amsmath"
>     "texlive-todonotes"
>     "texlive-xpatch"
>     "texlive-collection-luatex"
>     "texlive-collection-basic"
>     "texlive-latexmk"
>     "texlive-scheme-basic"
>     "texlive-biber"
>     "texlive-booktabs"
>     "texlive-microtype"
>     "texlive-koma-script"
>     "texlive-lipsum"
>     "texlive-pgfplots"
>     "texlive-biblatex"))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> This command takes quite a long time
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> guix time-machine --commit=21b718f4d6c3ded8ef50d12f6e9ae6474f74620f \
>        shell --manifest=guix.scm -- latexmk -lualatex -auxdir=.tex-cache main
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> To be precise:
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>         Command being timed: "guix shell -m guix.scm -- latexmk -lualatex 
> -auxdir=.tex-cache main"
>         User time (seconds): 14.60
>         System time (seconds): 87.58
>         Percent of CPU this job got: 99%
>         Elapsed (wall clock) time (h:mm:ss or m:ss): 1:43.18
>         Average shared text size (kbytes): 0
>         Average unshared data size (kbytes): 0
>         Average stack size (kbytes): 0
>         Average total size (kbytes): 0
>         Maximum resident set size (kbytes): 179368
>         Average resident set size (kbytes): 0
>         Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 0
>         Minor (reclaiming a frame) page faults: 118914
>         Voluntary context switches: 2146
>         Involuntary context switches: 3693
>         Swaps: 0
>         File system inputs: 462280
>         File system outputs: 6584
>         Socket messages sent: 0
>         Socket messages received: 0
>         Signals delivered: 0
>         Page size (bytes): 4096
>         Exit status: 0
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Running `latexmk -lualatex -auxdir=.tex-cache main` takes under 10
> seconds.  These times are for fresh builds, i.e. the intermediate files
> have been removed.  Still even recompilation is many times slower with
> guix provided LuaLaTeX than it is on Arch.  I should also note, that
> using the modular TeX packages actually helps here, with the full
> TeXlive package the compilation time is nearly twice as much.
>
> Another thing i noticed is, that a directory with the following
> structure gets created:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> {
> └── gnu
>     └── store
>         └── 3wsicprhgxhcncaf5mv26wwbhhh8p6yj-profile
>             └── share
>                 └── texmf-dist
>                     └── luatex-cache
>                         └── generic
>                             ├── fonts
>                             │   └── otl
>                             │       ├── lmroman10-italic.lua
>                             │       ├── lmroman10-italic.luc
>                             │       ├── lmroman10-regular.lua
>                             │       ├── lmroman10-regular.luc
>                             │       ├── lmroman12-regular.lua
>                             │       ├── lmroman12-regular.luc
>                             │       ├── lmroman17-regular.lua
>                             │       ├── lmroman17-regular.luc
>                             │       ├── lmromanslant10-regular.lua
>                             │       ├── lmromanslant10-regular.luc
>                             │       ├── lmsans10-bold.lua
>                             │       ├── lmsans10-bold.luc
>                             │       ├── lmsans10-regular.lua
>                             │       └── lmsans10-regular.luc
>                             └── names
>                                 ├── luaotfload-lookup-cache.lua
>                                 ├── luaotfload-lookup-cache.luc
>                                 ├── luaotfload-names.lua.gz
>                                 └── luaotfload-names.luc.gz
>
> 11 directories, 18 files
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> This is obviously for caching purposes, but (seemingly random) having a
> folder named '{' in your working directory certainly is confusing.
>
>
> mfg
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> Subject: 
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> Re: bug#64772: TeXlive (specifically LuaLaTeX) has become terribly slow
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> Date: 
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> Sun, 01 Sep 2024 01:16:41 +0200
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)
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> Hello,
>
> Malte Frank Gerdes <malte.f.gerdes@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > i'm building a small document with LuaLaTeX, for that i have use the
> > following manifest
> >
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> > (specifications->manifest
> >   (list
> >     "texlive-amsmath"
> >     "texlive-todonotes"
> >     "texlive-xpatch"
> >     "texlive-collection-luatex"
> >     "texlive-collection-basic"
> >     "texlive-latexmk"
> >     "texlive-scheme-basic"
> >     "texlive-biber"
> >     "texlive-booktabs"
> >     "texlive-microtype"
> >     "texlive-koma-script"
> >     "texlive-lipsum"
> >     "texlive-pgfplots"
> >     "texlive-biblatex"))
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >
> >
> > This command takes quite a long time
> >
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> > guix time-machine --commit=21b718f4d6c3ded8ef50d12f6e9ae6474f74620f \
> >        shell --manifest=guix.scm -- latexmk -lualatex -auxdir=.tex-cache main
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >
> >
> > To be precise:
> >
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> >         Command being timed: "guix shell -m guix.scm -- latexmk -lualatex 
> > -auxdir=.tex-cache main"
> >         User time (seconds): 14.60
> >         System time (seconds): 87.58
> >         Percent of CPU this job got: 99%
> >         Elapsed (wall clock) time (h:mm:ss or m:ss): 1:43.18
> >         Average shared text size (kbytes): 0
> >         Average unshared data size (kbytes): 0
> >         Average stack size (kbytes): 0
> >         Average total size (kbytes): 0
> >         Maximum resident set size (kbytes): 179368
> >         Average resident set size (kbytes): 0
> >         Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 0
> >         Minor (reclaiming a frame) page faults: 118914
> >         Voluntary context switches: 2146
> >         Involuntary context switches: 3693
> >         Swaps: 0
> >         File system inputs: 462280
> >         File system outputs: 6584
> >         Socket messages sent: 0
> >         Socket messages received: 0
> >         Signals delivered: 0
> >         Page size (bytes): 4096
> >         Exit status: 0
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >
> >
> > Running `latexmk -lualatex -auxdir=.tex-cache main` takes under 10
> > seconds.  These times are for fresh builds, i.e. the intermediate files
> > have been removed.  Still even recompilation is many times slower with
> > guix provided LuaLaTeX than it is on Arch.  I should also note, that
> > using the modular TeX packages actually helps here, with the full
> > TeXlive package the compilation time is nearly twice as much.
> >
> > Another thing i noticed is, that a directory with the following
> > structure gets created:
> >
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> > {
> > └── gnu
> >     └── store
> >         └── 3wsicprhgxhcncaf5mv26wwbhhh8p6yj-profile
> >             └── share
> >                 └── texmf-dist
> >                     └── luatex-cache
> >                         └── generic
> >                             ├── fonts
> >                             │   └── otl
> >                             │       ├── lmroman10-italic.lua
> >                             │       ├── lmroman10-italic.luc
> >                             │       ├── lmroman10-regular.lua
> >                             │       ├── lmroman10-regular.luc
> >                             │       ├── lmroman12-regular.lua
> >                             │       ├── lmroman12-regular.luc
> >                             │       ├── lmroman17-regular.lua
> >                             │       ├── lmroman17-regular.luc
> >                             │       ├── lmromanslant10-regular.lua
> >                             │       ├── lmromanslant10-regular.luc
> >                             │       ├── lmsans10-bold.lua
> >                             │       ├── lmsans10-bold.luc
> >                             │       ├── lmsans10-regular.lua
> >                             │       └── lmsans10-regular.luc
> >                             └── names
> >                                 ├── luaotfload-lookup-cache.lua
> >                                 ├── luaotfload-lookup-cache.luc
> >                                 ├── luaotfload-names.lua.gz
> >                                 └── luaotfload-names.luc.gz
> >
> > 11 directories, 18 files
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >
> > This is obviously for caching purposes, but (seemingly random) having a
> > folder named '{' in your working directory certainly is confusing.
>
> Both issues reported here are now fixed. Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Nicolas Goaziou
>
>
>
>
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