Julian, do you have any pointers on where the fcntl calls could originate?
I encountered the same problem after upgrading to jessie and it seems I am not the only one: - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1332440 - http://askubuntu.com/questions/477757/why-is-apt-cache-so-slow While reducing the maximum number of open file descriptors reduces the number of fcntl calls significantly, apt still tries to close a lot of file descriptors. Michael Hale's solution in the askubuntu thread seems to eliminate all fcntl calls: echo 'APT::Architectures { "amd64"; };' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01arch I am not familiar enough with the apt codebase to figure this out. Do you have any ideas on how to proceed? Best, Sebastian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
