This looks to be fixed:
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mpt@zephyr:~/hacking/software-center$ time sudo strace update-software-center
2>&1 | grep -c '^stat64.*app-install-data.mo'
[sudo] password for mpt:
[sudo] password for mpt:
0
real 1m47.475s
user 0m33.500s
sys 0m31.550s
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Please reopen if it's still happening for you.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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sudo update-software-center causes excessive stat()ing
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