I can also confirm this running docker with the library/ubuntu:14.04 image on a virtualbox host running ubuntu 14.04
running apt-get update times out or takes an extremely long time. Host Virtualbox: $ ulimit -n 1024 docker container: root@1518e024f53a:/# ulimit -n 524288 root@1518e024f53a:/# time apt-get update real 0m47.489s user 0m24.408s sys 0m21.516s root@1518e024f53a:/# ulimit -n 100000 root@1518e024f53a:/# time apt-get update real 0m11.165s user 0m6.598s sys 0m4.359s root@1518e024f53a:/# ulimit -n 1024 root@1518e024f53a:/# time apt-get update real 0m3.109s user 0m2.543s sys 0m0.374s -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1332440 Title: apt-get update very slow when ulimit -n is big To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1332440/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
