I think the simple workaround is to uninstall it if you don't need it: sudo apt-get purge apt-xapian-index
Getting it to play more nicely could be difficult; it already uses both nice and ionice from what I can see. A default install of Lubuntu 12.04 (as of the 2012-03-23 daily build) does not install apt-xapian-index, so this issue should not happen in Lubuntu 12.04, unless people explicitly *choose* to install that package. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655831 Title: update-apt-xapian-index bogs down system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/apt-xapian-index/+bug/655831/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
