3.11.0-19-generic #33~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 12 21:16:27 UTC 2014 x86_64 
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
linux-generic-lts-saucy

$ apt-cache policy mlocate
mlocate:
  Installed: 0.23.1-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.23.1-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.23.1-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

98% disk usage during updatedb.mlocate rendering the system useless until the 
process is killed or finished.
>From atop:
DSK 98%
RDDDK 10100K
WRDSK 1052K

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Title:
  updatedb.mlocate uses 100% of the hdd IO.  The OS is completely
  unusable.

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