[Bug 1329760] Re: Database too huge to be real

[David Kalnischkies]

Sounds to good to be true, right?
Well, the message is from dpkg and it is the right number as it is talking about ALL files installed on your system via a package, so this number only changes if you install/remove a package. Your system is pretty lightweight though. Mine says (in german, but that doesn't really matter):
Lese Datenbank ... 686018 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.

Completely unrelated to your initial (?) problem of synaptics being slow
at times. I bet you run synaptics as user and with an invalid/non-
existent cache. Might be 'temporary' gone with "apt-cache gencaches".
You are better of continuing in the "old" bug though and with someone
who has at least started synaptics once (which I haven't).

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Database too huge to be real

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Here is what i've found into /var/log/apt/term.log:

  (Reading database ... 234000 files and directories currently
  installed.)

  wow now i understand why it takes a so long time for loading into synaptic main lists.
  It cant be true: synaptic says 46000 total files listed, and around 2200 installed.
  So that database seems corrupted.
  Doing some cleaning again (i run bleachbit once a week):

  sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf

  and then update: still that unreal huge files list of 235000 that time. 
  This is with the usual ubuntu archives and 4 ppas activated (the 8 other ppas are not activated).
  And sysnaptic still so long to resume.

  Related bug associated: lp:1328586

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: apt 1.0.4ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-6.11-generic 3.15.0
  Uname: Linux 3.15.0-6-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Fri Jun 13 14:27:14 2014
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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