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apt-xapian-index package

  1. Bug #363695
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 363695

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Jasmine Hassan (jasmine-aura) wrote : Re: update-apt-xapian-index uses too much CPU

Confirming #18 Olafur Arason's experience..

On Karmic, with apt-xapian-index-0.21ubuntu2

Agreed with #14 Tormod Volden, and I really wish it was even a band-aid solution.

Test-bed:
Pentium-III 500Mhz with 192MB RAM running a minimal install and a light-weight LXDE/openbox desktop, idle, with only 48MB of the 192MB physical RAM being used.

Result: update-apt-xapian-index consumes 92-98% CPU, and over 37.5% of physical RAM.

I'm sorry, but I do not think the "run with nice and ionice" could be considered a proper fix. So if you'll kindly allow me, I'll change the bug status back to "confirmed" for now.