When running it in gdb, I get the following backtrace: Starting program: /usr/bin/apt-cache search apt ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0xb7fdd424 in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) bt #0 0xb7fdd424 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb7c9c70f in __getdents64 (fd=16304, buf=<optimized out>, nbytes=<optimized out>) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getdents.c:156 #2 0xb7c9c977 in __readdir64 (dirp=0x806d1d8) at ../sysdeps/unix/readdir.c:66 #3 0xb7f58d5a in APT::Configuration::getLanguages(bool const&, bool const&, char const**) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 #4 0xb7edf650 in pkgCache::VerIterator::TranslatedDescription() const () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 #5 0x08051bd1 in Search (CmdL=...) at apt-cache.cc:1273 #6 0xb7ecaf6e in CommandLine::DispatchArg(CommandLine::Dispatch*, bool) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 #7 0x0804e833 in main (argc=3, argv=0xbfffdf84) at apt-cache.cc:1802
So it looks like the iterator used to get translated descriptions causes this. This gets triggered by the following configuration: % cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20notranslation Acquire::Languages "none"; ** Summary changed: - "apt-cache search" is slow because of listing /var/lib/apt/lists 45227 times + "apt-cache search" is slow because of listing /var/lib/apt/lists 45227 times (triggered by 'Acquire::Languages "none";') -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1004947 Title: "apt-cache search" is slow because of listing /var/lib/apt/lists 45227 times (triggered by 'Acquire::Languages "none";') To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1004947/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
