On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 10:36:24PM -0000, Wolfgang Dobler wrote:
> `darcs2 whatsnew -s' only takes a small fraction of a second.
> As does `darcs2 whatsnew' without any options.

In that case, perhaps you can tell me how many files are detected by
whatsnew -ls? Before I can get a clear picture of what's happening on your
system, I have to have some idea what darcs is doing.  I presume you have a
huge number of files that aren't added.  Are any/many of them large?
-- 
David Roundy
Department of Physics
Oregon State University