I close the bug now because I can't reproduce it with the latest apt, please reopen if it is not fixed for you after the upgrade.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged => High Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Vogt Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- apt-get -f dselect-upgrade hangs with 100% CPU time https://launchpad.net/bugs/52074 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs