Looking at dpkg startup time

· Blog Sesse · July 15, 2026, 8 a.m.
Summary
This blog post discusses a personal investigation into speeding up the startup time of dpkg, exploring challenges, findings, and potential improvements. The author shares insights from hands-on experimentation with dpkg's performance and highlights the need for engineering work to adapt to contemporary systems and package management requirements.
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