1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
index 0c968b45..2c70e2c5 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ static int sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 	}
 	est_count = estimate_package_count(&buf, archive);
 
+	/* initialize hash at 50% full */
+	db->pkgcache = _alpm_pkghash_create(est_count * 2);
+
 	while(archive_read_next_header(archive, &entry) == ARCHIVE_OK) {
 		const struct stat *st;
 
@@ -256,7 +259,7 @@ static int sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 			}
 
 			/* duplicated database entries are not allowed */
-			if(_alpm_pkg_find(db->pkgcache, pkg->name)) {
+			if(_alpm_pkghash_find(db->pkgcache, pkg->name)) {
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("duplicated database entry '%s'\n"), pkg->name);
 				_alpm_pkg_free(pkg);
 				continue;
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ static int sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 			/* add to the collection */
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_FUNCTION, "adding '%s' to package cache for db '%s'\n",
 					pkg->name, db->treename);
-			db->pkgcache = alpm_list_add(db->pkgcache, pkg);
+			db->pkgcache = _alpm_pkghash_add(db->pkgcache, pkg);
 			count++;
 		} else {
 			/* we have desc, depends or deltas - parse it */
@@ -277,7 +280,9 @@ static int sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 		}
 	}
 
-	db->pkgcache = alpm_list_msort(db->pkgcache, (size_t)count, _alpm_pkg_cmp);
+	if(count > 0) {
+		db->pkgcache->list = alpm_list_msort(db->pkgcache->list, (size_t)count, _alpm_pkg_cmp);
+	}
 	archive_read_finish(archive);
 
 	return(count);
@@ -343,7 +348,7 @@ static int sync_db_read(pmdb_t *db, struct archive *archive,
 	if(likely_pkg && strcmp(likely_pkg->name, pkgname) == 0) {
 		pkg = likely_pkg;
 	} else {
-		pkg = _alpm_pkg_find(db->pkgcache, pkgname);
+		pkg = _alpm_pkghash_find(db->pkgcache, pkgname);
 	}
 	if(pkg == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "package %s not found in %s sync database",