Well the quick search never worked great, xapian was dropped from Ubuntu image some time back & synaptic itself is currently ill maintained. So likely nothing will happen to change this.
On Sep 29, 2017 10:11 AM, "dino99" <[email protected]> wrote: > @mc3man > > apt-xapian-index is required to get the "Quick Filter" working, which is > a great feature. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1685376 > > Title: > Synaptic rebuilds search index very often and inefficient > > Status in synaptic package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Steps to reproduce: > 1. Launch Synaptic. > 2. Click Reload. > 3. Close Synaptic. > 4. After some time open Synaptic again (without 'apt-get update', > 'aptitude update'). > 5. Get 'Rebuilding search index' message with background process > /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index and high CPU load and high temperature > as the result. > > Expected results: > Synaptic runs update-apt-xapian-index only when it's really needed. > > Actual results: > Synaptic rebuilds search index very often and inefficient. > > Note: > see https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2277471 as proof-link. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 > Package: synaptic 0.83 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-72.93-generic 4.4.49 > Uname: Linux 4.4.0-72-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 > Architecture: amd64 > CurrentDesktop: Unity > Date: Sat Apr 22 00:48:46 2017 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-07 (1169 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 > (20140204) > SourcePackage: synaptic > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-04-15 (5 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/ > 1685376/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1685376 Title: Synaptic rebuilds search index very often and inefficient To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1685376/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
