183991 - "Compact Folders" command on Inbox very slow, beats on hard drive

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 182263

(MailNews Core :: Database, defect)

Description

[Blair Barnett]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826

A 2000-message Inbox takes about 7 seconds to compact under Mozilla 1.1, but
over a minute for the same operation under Mozilla 1.2.1.  I can hear the hard
drive screaming during the process with 1.2.1, but it is silent with 1.1.  And
the summary files seem to be corrupted afterward; I had to copy the Inbox and
Inbox.msf files over to new files, delete the orginals and rename the copies
back to the original names in order to fix the problem.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run Mozilla 1.2.1 Mail client
2.Dlete some messages from the Inbox.
3.Click on Empty Trash, then Compact Folders.
4. Watch slow progress bar for Inbox, listen to hard drive thrashing.

Actual Results:  
Compact Files took about ten times longer than normal.  Hard drive made lots of
noise. Mozilla hung and I had to xkill it.

Expected Results:  
Compact Files should take about 7 seconds, with no hard drive noise and no hang.

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

yes, upgrade to a 1.3a build - this has been fixed. dup of bug 182263

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 182263 ***