On tor, 2011-09-29 at 22:33 +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 08:17:23PM +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > 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. > > That's expected, APT needs to rebuild the cache to include/drop > translation indices.
OK, that explains it. But: 1. apt-cache policy doesn't actually need the package translations. 2. It only updates the cache when run as root. Perhaps it should have a per-user cache. 3. In any case, it would be good if the LC_ALL=C case could somehow be optimized for programmatic use. It's used in a number of places. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
