msys2 64 bit: help help!
Luite Stegeman
stegeman at gmail.com
Tue Jun 28 13:09:25 UTC 2016
Have you tried specifying an absolute path for the git executable that
magit uses, to avoid the overhead of traversing the environment for each
call? (M-x customize-var RET magit-git-executable RET)
On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:51 PM Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs <
ghc-devs at haskell.org> wrote:
> David, Tamar
>
> I have another issue. I'm using 'magit' (in emacs) to drive git. But it
> gives half-minute delays to do anything at all. There are lots of people
> complaining about it (googlable) but no solutions I can see. Do I have to
> give up magit?
>
> It used to be fine in earlier versions.
>
> Just at the moment it's Much Much More Serious. Even opening a file in
> emacs (nothing to do with git or (ostensibly) magit, takes nearly a
> minute!! In the process manager I can see lots of git activity -- just
> when I open a file in ordinary emacs!
>
> I have utterly no idea why this might be. I'm adding John Wiegley, my
> Emacs Friend
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon
>
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: David Macek [mailto:david.macek.0 at gmail.com]
> | Sent: 28 June 2016 13:20
> | To: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>; tamar at zhox.com
> | Cc: ghc-devs at haskell.org
> | Subject: Re: msys2 64 bit: help help!
> |
> | On 27. 6. 2016 23:33, Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs wrote:
> | > 1. I just left the machine for 10-15 mins and lo! the shell windows
> | opened up. It just took a loooong time.
> |
> | I could be something with Active Directory. Cygwin (upon which is
> | MSYS2 based) integrates with AD, but there are numerous (google-able)
> | reports of huge slowdowns related to this.
> |
> | > At this point, starting a new shell no longer took a long time. It
> | all seemed to be working.
> |
> | Also don't forget to exclude `C:\msys64` from any anti-virus scans.
> |
> |
> | > 2. I then ran pacman -Syuu as instructed on the installation page:
> | https://sourceforge.net/p/msys2/wiki/MSYS2%20installation/
> |
> | I'm afraid you misread the instructions. You should run `update-core`
> | first to upgrade to the newer pacman that handles `pacman -Syuu`
> | correctly. (New installer packages with an up-to-date pacman are
> | planned.)
> |
> | > The log of what happened is below. There are numerous failures
> | involving Cygwin, which I do not have installed, at least not so far
> | as I know. I do not know if these failures matter.
> |
> | They might. See below.
> |
> | > 3. After this step, starting a shell failed altogether with
> | "c:/msys64/mingw64_shell.bat is not recognised as an internal or
> | external command". And sure enough, there is no such file. Presumably
> | it existed in step 1. So perhaps step 2 deleted it?
> |
> | If the post-install script for `filesystem` were able to run, it would
> | inform you that `*_shell.bat` are deprecated and were removed. I see
> | you have `msys2-launcher-git` installed -- you can then use
> | `C:\msys64\mingw64.exe` (and even pin it to the taskbar).
> |
> | > 4. As you mention, I then tried msys2_shell.cmd. It worked -- with
> | a noticeable delay of 5 seconds or so.
> |
> | May still be AD-related.
> |
> | > * should I worry about all those install errs
> |
> | I recommend staying on the safe side and nuke the installation.
> | Alternatively, reinstall the packages that had failures (`pacman -S
> | gcc-libs gettext gmp ...`).
> |
> | > * how can I debug what's happening with
> | > that long delay
> |
> | `/etc/nsswitch.conf` allows for some configuration. See
> | <https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitch-
> | pwdgrp>.
> |
> | > * Should I nuke the start menu shortcuts that
> | > the msys64 installer so carefully installed
> | > in favour of msys2_shell.cmd?
> |
> | Yes or see above. Note that you might need `msys2_shell.cmd -mingw64`
> | instead (not sure if it matters for GHC).
> |
> | --
> | David Macek
>
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