Package: apt Version: 0.8.15.8 Severity: normal If I run apt-cache policy (without arguments), it takes milliseconds. If I run it under a different locale, e.g., LC_ALL=C apt-cache policy, it takes about 4 or 5 seconds. There are some package build tools that indirectly call apt-cache policy with LC_ALL=C, which makes the overall package build very slow.
After digging a little deeper, the relevant locale category is LC_MESSAGES. I guess it has to do with under which locale apt-get update was run. strace of the apt-cache calls shows interesting differences; I can forward those to someone privately if you can't reproduce it. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "true"; APT::Install-Suggests "false"; APT::Get ""; APT::Get::Purge "true"; APT::Get::AutomaticRemove "false"; APT::Get::Build-Dep-Automatic "true"; APT::Cache ""; APT::Cache::AllVersions "false"; APT::Cache::NamesOnly "true"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image.*"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; APT::Periodic ""; APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1"; APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1"; APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "1"; APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0"; APT::Update ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true"; APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "echo timestamp >/var/lib/apt/update_success"; APT::Archives ""; APT::Archives::MaxAge "14"; APT::Archives::MinAge "2"; APT::Archives::MaxSize "512"; APT::Cache-Limit "40000000"; APT::Default-Release "testing"; APT::Architectures ""; APT::Architectures:: "i386"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/"; Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg"; Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Media ""; Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; Dir::Log::History "history.log"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently ""; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$"; Acquire ""; Acquire::cdrom ""; Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/"; Acquire::Languages ""; Acquire::Languages:: "en"; Acquire::Languages:: "none"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo > /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi "; Unattended-Upgrade ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Debian,label=Debian-Security,archive=stable"; CommandLine ""; CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: * Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: 101 Package: debian-policy Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 991 Package: devscripts Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 991 Package: lintian Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 991 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ oldstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ oldstable main contrib non-free deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free deb-src http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28 ii gnupg 1.4.11-3 ii libc6 2.13-21 ii libgcc1 1:4.6.1-13 ii libstdc++6 4.6.1-13 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: ii apt-doc <none> ii aptitude 0.6.3-4 ii bzip2 1.0.5-7 ii dpkg-dev 1.16.1 ii lzma 4.43-14 ii python-apt 0.8.0 ii synaptic 0.75.2 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
