[Bug 363695] Re: update-apt-xapian-index uses too much CPU and memory

[Paul Nicholson]

My 12.04.5 LTS occasionally grinds to a halt with login nearly
impossible.  Finally I caught this remote embedded 256Mbyte  system in
the act and found update-apt-xapi had driven the machine well into swap.
Hopefully apt-get remove apt-xapian-index will prevent this happening
again until this long-standing defect is fixed.  Perhaps mmap its big
RAM data to /tmp/something and put in a substantial sleep in its main
loop.

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Title:
  update-apt-xapian-index uses too much CPU and memory

Status in APT:
  Invalid
Status in apt-xapian-index package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt-xapian-index

  A background silent update process shouldn't use 98% CPU. It makes
  system sluggish with no visible reason.

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